Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868

Reference: A-318-022

Description: Shows three huts, grouped around a courtyard, wherein, at right, two women are engaged in rolling out fabric lengths or mats on the ground. They are in the process of making the fabric as explained in the text Domeny de Rienzi's book (volume 2, page 43 in French edition). Plate 115 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Chavannes engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Chavannes). Plate 86 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde", Atlas historique (1825), where it is attributed to Pellion. Other Titles - Dwellings on the Hawaiian Islands Other Titles - Iles Hawai - Habitations Other Titles - Iles Sandwich. Maisons de Kraimokou, premier ministre du roi; Fabrication des etoffes Other Titles - Sandwich Islands - Fabric making - House of Kalanimoku Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 115 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1825 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Dampier, Robert, 1800-1874; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Ales, active 1835

Reference: A-318-020

Description: Shows scene in the crater of a volcano, showing several fumaroles, watched by two figures in the left foreground. The text in Domeny de Rienzi's book, French edition, volume 2, page 15, transcribes the name of the volcano as Kiro-Ea, which may be the present Kilauea. Plate 112 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Ales engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Ales). Dampier and his group walked to the crater, on the slopes of Mauna Loa, in late June, 1825. Appears in Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (1834-35) opposite page 430, as "Volcan de Kirau-ea". For Dumont d'Urville's book, it was probably drawn by Sainson. Other Titles - Volcan de Kai-roua - Kirau-ea - Iles Haouai Other Titles - Hawaii - The volcano of Kilauea [?] Other Titles - The great volcano of Pele Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 112 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Chavannes, active 1835; Kittlitz, Friedrich Heinrich, Freiherr von, 1799-1874

Reference: A-318-016

Description: Shows at left a gnarled and overgrown tree in a river, with two heron standing beside it. On the near bank, at the right of the picture, is a tree with distinctive twisted roots and epiphytes. On the far saide of the river is more dense vegetation. Plate 104 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist.Chavannes engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Chavannes). The image is copied from the picture by F H Kittlitz, who accompanied the voyage of Feodor Litke/Lutke in 1826-29. This appears as plate 21 in Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36). Other Titles - View of the Lual River on the island of Ualan in the Caroline Islands. Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 104 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1825 - 1835 - 1838 - 1836 - 1843

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Dampier, Robert, 1800-1874; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Ales, active 1835

Reference: A-318-019

Description: Shows scene on Hawaii Island, in the gorge of the Wai-Rourou (possibly the Wailuku which flows down to Hilo). Tow men in the centre foreground watch the waterfalls on the river. According to the text in Domeny de Rienzi, French edition, volume 2, page 15, the falls depicted here are the lesser of two falls on the river, being only eight metres high (compared to the higher one of 20 metres high). Seems to be based on Dampier's "Waterfall in Byron Bay", reproduced in Byron's "Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the years 1824-1825". Plate 111 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Ales engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Ales). Similar to engraving at A-282-013, by Sainson, who made many engravings for Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde", some of them copies from other artists. Other Titles - Chute du Voouai-Rohoa - Iles Haouai Other Titles - Hawaii - Falls on the Wai-Rourou or Wai-koukou River Other Titles - View on Hawaii Island Other Titles - Waterfall in Byron Bay Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 111 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1773 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Lejeune, active 1835

Reference: A-318-063

Description: Shows a view based roughly on Hodges' painting of a scene on the island of Tongatapu rather than Nomuka. See Joppien and Smith, volume 2, page 182, about the publisher's use of a Tongatapu scene to illustrate Nomukan conditions. Shows a row of three dwellings at the right. The rightmost house has two figures in it, and there is a figure standing outside the middle hut. In the foreground is a pig and some chickens, beside a pond. Plate 300 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and E Lejeune as the engraver. Other Titles - Archipel de Tonga - Vue de l'Ile Namouka ou Rotterdam Other Titles - Tonga - View on Nomuka or Rotterdam Other Titles - Tongatabu or Amsterdam Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 300 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1826 - 1843 - 1836 - 1829

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Truch, active 1835

Reference: A-318-056

Description: Shows a full length portrait of a man with wrap-around skirt, and necklace of long curved teeth or leaves. Over his right shouder he holds a large club with curved (bladed?) edges. Other warriors stand in a group at the right, and there is a boat in the water at the left. Plate 206 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Truch as the engraver. Previous published image appears in J S C Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage de ... l'Astrolabe ..." Paris: J Tastu, 1833. (Held in ATL Rare Books fR 910.4). Other Titles - Archipel de Tonga - Chef et guerriers en costume de guerre Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 206 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-039

Description: Shows a scene of a lake or broad river, with two figures in the left foreground, one bending over a narrow plank or boat. Across the water are one or two huts, and there are hills in the distance. Plate 154 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist and Chavannes as the engraver, but the Italian version appears to be by a different engraver. Other Titles - Iles Taiti - Vue d'un interieur de Matavai Other Titles - Tahiti - View of an interior of Matavai Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 154 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1825 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Dampier, Robert, 1800-1874; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-021

Description: Shows a double portrait of the king (also called Kamehameha III, or Kauikeaouli), and his sister. The king holds a lance, and his sister holds a "kahili" (a wand with feathers on it). Both are dressed in feather capes (red and yellow in Dampier's original separate portraits). Plate 113 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist.Laderer engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Laderer). Separate engravings, with attribution to Dampier, appear in Byron's "Voyage of the HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the years 1824-1825", opp. page 113 and 105. See David Forbes' "Encounters with Paradise; views of Hawaii and its people, 1778-1941" (1992), pages 80-81, for coloured reproductions of Dampier's original paintings. Other Titles - King Kaukiauli and the princess Nahienaena of the Hawaiian Islands Other Titles - Le roi Koui Keouli et la princesse Nahina Other Titles - Kauikeaouli Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 113 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1824 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Boisseau, active 1835

Reference: A-318-047

Description: Shows the face of a cliff with waterfall, above a river. Plate 162 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Boisseau as the engraver. Other Titles - Archipel de Taiti - Le Pika malle ou rocher basaltique Other Titles - Ile taiti - rocher de basalte de 150 pieds de haut et cascade du Pya Other Titles - Tahiti - basalt rock 150 feet high, and the waterfall of Piha Malle Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 162 Lejeune accompanied Duperrey's voyage in 1824. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1777 - 1835 - 1838 - 1836 - 1843

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Reference: A-318-002

Description: Shows an outdoor meeting with male figures seated in a circle around two protagonists; one of these two (the 'King') sits crosslegged with a low half-unrolled woven screen behind him, and the other prostrates himself at the knees of the king. In the background are dwellings, palm trees and mountains. This engraving copies an engraving from an original drawing by Webber, showing similar figures but in an interior setting, with beam and rafter construction above all the participants. Plate 18 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist for this plate, and Montaut was the engraver. Other Titles - Assemblie ou l'on boit le Cava Other Titles - Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava Other Titles - Gesellscaft wo man Cava trinkt Other Titles - Ceremony where kava is drunk Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 18 Webber accompanied the third voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-80. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.