First engraving of a Kanagroo - 1773 japan This monumental collection is the

This monumental collection is the first major collection of voyages printed in France with illustrations

decoratively surround the title panel

for the Year of Our Lord 1832

A beautiful set of images depicting traditional Japanese landscapes

First engraving of a Kanagroo - 1773 japan This monumental collection is the"The Kangaroo" From An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, Drawn Up from the Journals Which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. 3 vols. 1st ed. London, 1773. Original engraving based