Freycinet's Voyage -1828- TIMOR ISLAND, WOMEN PLAYING TCHONKA

HAND-COLORED COPPER ENGRAVING

This 186 year old hand-colored copper engraving was rescued from Louis Claude de Freycinet's Voyage autour du Monde ..." published by Pillet in Paris in 1825. 

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779 –1841) was a French navigator. He voyaged around the earth, and was the one of the first to produce a comprehensive map of the coastline of Australia.

In 1793 he entered the French navy. In 1800 he joined an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia. Much of the ground already gone over by Matthew Flinders was revisited, and new names imposed by this expedition, which claimed credit for discoveries really made by the English navigator.

In 1805, he returned to Paris and was entrusted by the government with the work of preparing the maps and plans of the expedition. He also completed the narrative, and the whole work appeared under the title of Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Paris, 1807–1816).

The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde sur les corvettes Uranie et la Physicienne en 1824–1844, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps. Freycinet was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences in 1825, and was one of the founders of the Paris Geographical Society.

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779 –1841) was a French navigator. He voyaged around the earth, and was the one of the first to produce a comprehensive map of the coastline of Australia.

In 1793 he entered the French navy. In 1800 he joined an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia. Much of the ground already gone over by Matthew Flinders was revisited, and new names imposed by this expedition, which claimed credit for discoveries really made by the English navigator.

In 1805, he returned to Paris and was entrusted by the government with the work of preparing the maps and plans of the expedition. He also completed the narrative, and the whole work appeared under the title of Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Paris, 1807–1816).

The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde sur les corvettes Uranie et la Physicienne en 1824–1844, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps. Freycinet was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences in 1825, and was one of the founders of the Paris Geographical Society.

This print is rare. The set of books from which it came sells for up to $40,000 on the Internet.

The engraving is in very good condition, with usual age toning. The image is about 6 " x 4 " on a page that is about 8 " x 5 ".(blank on back).  The engraving is suitable for framing and would make an excellent gift.

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The hand-colored antique exploation and travel print that is being

offered for sale features:

   "THE ISLAND OF TIMOR - WOMEN PLAYING TCHONKA"

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Hill fait paraître General Natural History (deux volumes, 1748 - 1752 ), Useful Family Herbal ( 1754 ), British Herbal ( 1756 - 1757 ), Eden, or Compleat Body of Gardening ( 1757 ), Exotic Botany ( 1759 , deuxième édition 1772 ), Hortus Keweensis ( 1768 ), Flora Britanica ( 1760 ), Herbarium Britannicum ( 1769 - 1770 ), Virtues of British Herbs ( 1770 ), Decade of Curious and Elegand Trees and Plants ( 1773 ), Twenty-five New Plants, rais'd in the Royal Garden of Kew ( 1773 ). Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817) lui dédie en 1760 le genre Hillia de la famille des Rubiaceae . Hill issued General Natural History (two volumes, 1748 - 1752 ), Useful Family Herbal ( 1754 ), Herbal British ( 1756 - 1757 ), Eden, Gold Compleat Body of Gardening ( 1757 ) Exotic Botany ( 1759 , second edition 1772 ) , Hortus Keweensis ( 1768 ), Flora Britannica ( 1760 ), Britannicum Herbarium ( 1769 - 1770 ), Virtues of British Herbs ( 1770 ), Decade of Curious and Elegand Trees and Plants ( 1773 ), Twenty-Five New Plants, rais'd in the Royal Garden of Kew ( 1773 ). Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817) dedicated to him in 1760 the kind Hillier of the family of Rubiaceae .