Guerrier de Souraki

by Auguste Wahlen

A$45 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

(Paris). ( 1844). Hand coloured engraving heightened with gum arabic, 27.4 x 18.2 cm (sheet), slight toning to the paper and edge wear, but in very good condition. Fine plate of a New Zealand warrior from Souraki (now Coraki), prepared for Auguste Wahlen's great compilation of world costume "Moeurs, Usages..... More

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