[Western Australia; Patet].

Razza negra - Abitatori della parte meridionale-orientale d'Africa. Abitatori della parte meridionale-occidentale dell' Australia.

Italy: (184-?). Print. The images of two Western Australian aboriginals, Patet and a woman, natives of King George's Sound (Albany). These were patterned after the engravings that appeared in Prichard's "Natural History of Man", by J. Bull, and the format is larger than issued in Prichard.

Copper engraving, period hand color. Printed area 6 1/4 x 8 3/4" on paper 9 x 11". Plate mark visible on two sides. Slt. foxing in the lower portion. Libraries Australia ID 9024501 states "Engraved above image: Etnografia, Ser. III H 23 bis, Atlante tav. CIV bis" but this is trimmed from this copy. Item #27365

Price: $325.00