SAINTE HELENE ISLAND - "VUE de la RADE & de la Ville de STE HELENE, Colonie Anglaise". 1804. Plate engraved by Paris & Adam after the drawing by BORY DE ST VINCENT. Proof on laid paper. From the book "Voyage dans les quatre principales Îles des MERS D'AFRIQUE, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les années neuf et dix de la République (1801 et 1802) [...]", in Paris, by F. Buisson. Margins. 35 x 50 cm. Condition B (Freckles mainly in the margins and original vertical folds).

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