Sainson, Louis Auguste de 1800- :Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda / [Mercier sculp. 1846?].

Shows head and shoulders profiles of 2 Maori men, tattooed and with topknots.

Wahlen's book is an Italian translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4.

Compare this with A-119-025-a/026-a which is signed by the engraver MERCIER and is probably the first state. This unsigned version with damage or wear showing in the shading around the right shoulder of the upper figure is probably the second state

Other Titles - Types des naturels de la Nouvelle Zelande. Types of natives of New Zealand [translations]

Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847.

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda

Arrangement: The two images are on one page, one above the other, but have been numbered when originally catalogued by the Library as if they were two separate images.

Sainson visited New Zealand in the Astrolabe in early 1827.

Engraved after L. A. de Sainson's \"Nouvelle Zelande: chef de Houa-Houa...\" (image reversed), and \"Nouvelle Zelande. Naturel de Teraouiti\" (image reversed). See Dumont dUrville, J. S. C. \"Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe...Atlas\". Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. Plate 53.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 265 x 165 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from Mr J. M. Thomson, of Wellington, in 1991.