Pacific voyages rare books

Four aquatints: 300 x 430mm (plate size), with full margins, View in Pulo Condore with 5 closed tears to margin expertly repaired, A View in Annamooka with 2 closed tears to margin expertly repaired, View in Ulietea 2 closed tears to margin expertly repaired. Fine impressions, preserved in a modern blue cloth portfolio with black morocco label lettered in gilt to upper.

Mezzotint, 472 x 627mm (plate size), 595 x 840mm (sheet size), edges of sheet somewhat frayed, old vertical fold to centre, otherwise a fine example of this dramatic scene.

Four fine engravings, all before letters, each with two old vertical folds: The Inside of a Hippah... 262 x 405mm (plate size), trimmed to plate edge at sides, titled in pencil in lower margin, 'Drawn from Nature by J. Webber... Etch'd by B.T. Pouncy'; A Human Sacrifice... 285 x 490mm (plate size), trimmed to plate at lower edge, titled in ink beneath image, 'J. Webber del.... W. Woollett aqua fortis fecit'; Tereoboo, King of Owyhee... 258 x 398mm (plate size), titled in ink beneath image, 'Drawn from Nature by J. Webber... Engraved by B.T. Pouncy'; Inhabitants of Norton Sound... 254 x 398mm (plate size), titled in ink beneath the image.

Oval engraving, 395 x 270mm (plate size), 538 x 374mm (sheet size), 10mm closed tear repaired to upper margin, otherwise particularly fine.

Fine mezzotint engraving, 500 x 355mm (plate size), 705 by 520mm (sheet size), mounted.

First edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cm), [ii], 110 pp., expert marginal restoration to last six leaves affecting 4 words on last page (now in ink facsimile), a couple on the penultimate, and page numbering to the others, old staining to title and first leaf of text, well bound in modern half-calf gilt, red morocco label, a well margined copy, untrimmed on the fore-edge, and, other than the defects mentioned, a good clean example.

First edition in French. 2 volumes, 8vo, lvi, 458; [iv], 497, [i] pp., light water-stain to first 8 leaves vol. I, contemporary morocco-backed green boards, worn.

First edition. 4to, 16 pp., modern blue morocco-backed boards, light spotting, old author attribution and ownership inscriptions to title, an excellent example.

First edition. 4to (25 x 19.5 cms), [iv], 44 pp., entirely uncut, 2 small ink corrections to text page 1, light foxing to quire C, modern tan morocco gilt, red morocco labels, a fine example.

First edition in Spanish. 2 volumes, small 4to, [ii], x, 262, [i]; [ii], 288, [i] pp., contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink, a little light toning, small marginal repair to vol. II, p139, an excellent example.