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The first facsimile edition of the
fifty-two drawings of animals observed in Australia between 1801 and
1803 during the voyage of HMS Investigator, under the command of Captain
Matthew Flinders, and drawn by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer, the expedition's
artist, after his return to England. ca 1811-1813
The collection of
52 art originals, blind embossed on the margin with the Natural History
Museum insignia and Alecto Historical Editions and numbered in pencil ;
46 watercolours and 6 pencil drawings on paper; 511 x 340 mm or smaller
are presented in a single Solander storage case bound in traditional
green library buckram. |
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