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WEBBER, James. Views in the South Seas from drawings by the late James Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke, from the year 1776 to 1780. London: W.Bulmer & Co. for Boydell & Co., 1808 [paper watermarked 1820].
Large 2° (550 x 410mm). 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Webber. (Some light spotting, outer margin of plate 12 and text leaves for plates 11 and 12 with a short clean tear, cancelled library stamps to front free endpaper and on lower margin of title.) Contemporary cloth (rebacked, corners rubbed). Second edition on later watermarked paper. Mitchell 1872; cf Abbey Travel 595.
Large 2° (550 x 410mm). 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Webber. (Some light spotting, outer margin of plate 12 and text leaves for plates 11 and 12 with a short clean tear, cancelled library stamps to front free endpaper and on lower margin of title.) Contemporary cloth (rebacked, corners rubbed). Second edition on later watermarked paper. Mitchell 1872; cf Abbey Travel 595.