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1st item: Early Georgia related print, possibly by Theodore De Bry (England/Germany/Belgium, 1528-1598) depicting a Native American male and female, identified as part of the The Coosa chiefdom, a tribe formerly located in what are now the Gordon and Murray counties in Georgia. German text below the image. Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame with black sight edge. Sheet: 5 7/8" H x 4 3/8" W. Sight: 6 3/4" H x 4 3/4" W. Framed: 9" H x 7" W. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) Captain James Cook, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii related) prints from NEW, AUTHENTIC, AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD by George William Anderson, published by Alexander Hogg, London, ca. 1784-86. Includes: one (1) titled Portrait of A Man of the Sandwich Islands in a Mask/Representations of A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing"; and one (1) titled "Chart of the Sandwich Isles". Both prints unframed, hinge-mounted to off white mats with pencil inscriptions. Sheets approximately 9 1/4" H x 15" W. Mats approximately 14" H x 18 1/4" W. 4th item: Print titled "A Man & Woman of the Nawdowessies to the Westward of the Mississippi in North America" engraved by Gringion, from A NEW ROYAL, AUTHENTIC AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL GEORGRAPHY by Thomas Bankes, et al., printed for C. Cookie, London, 1789. Unframed, housed in a plastic sleeve. Sheet: 6 3/8" H x 8 1/4" W.
PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia.
CONDITION: 1st item: Two horizontal pieces of masking tape along top and bottom edges with areas of loss, largest 1/2" x 1/2", to sheet. Areas of dampstaining, 5/8" x 1/2", primarily to lower half of sheet. 2nd-3rd items: Overall good condition with toning, creases, scattered minute foxing spots, pencil inscriptions. Chart of the Sandwich islands with two areas of of loss with old archival tape repairs, largest 1/4" x 3/4", to bottom edge of sheet. 4th item: Toning/dampstaining to right side of sheet. Area of loss with 5/8" x 1/2" old white archival tape repair, top right corner of sheet.
