[Oceania] [America]. Collection of 15 engraved plates from v - Lot 281

[Oceania] [America]. Collection of 15 engraved plates from various works of the first half of the 19th century: 1/ [FREYCINET (Louis Claude de Saulces de) Voyage autour du Monde fait par ordre du Roi, sur les corvettes de S. M. L'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, 1825]. 8 plates after Arago and Bévalet, 6 of them colored: Carolines Islands (dances and costumes - various objects for the use of the inhabitants); Guébé Islands (hats, weapons, utensils); Mariana Islands (various objects - tubercular leprosy); Sandwich Islands (weapons and objects); Naturels of Ombai Island; idols found on the island of Rawak Accidents, stains, soiling. Approx. 34 x 50 cm (sheet). 2/ [CHORIS (Louis). Voyage pittoresque autour de monde (...). Paris, 1822]. 6 plates enhanced from drawings by Choris, lithographed by Langlumé. Accds, scattered foxing. Approx. 26 x 35/42 cm (sheet). 3/ [DUMONT D'URVILLE Jules-Sébastien. Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840. Paris, 1841]. 1 lithographed plate by Lemercier enhanced in color (New Guinea). Tears at edges. Approx. 35.5 x 53.5 cm (sheet).