Tahitian Breadfruit. Captain Cook voyage botanical engraving, c1774.

$200.00

Branche d'un Arbre-a-pain avec des Fruits (Branch of a Bread-Tree with Fruit). Original antique print from the voyages of Captain Cook.

Original copperplate engraving by Benard for the French edition of Cook's Voyages, published in Paris circa 1774 (with fine later hand-colour), after first appearing in the previous year in the English edition, "Anderson's Account of the Voyages of Captain Cook".

Page measures 265 x 215mm (10.3/8 x 8.3/8 inches). To plate mark measures 235 x 180 (9.1/4  x 7 inches).