WILLIAM ELLIS (1794-1872)
Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii or Owhyhee. London: H. Fisher, Son and P. Jackson, 1826. 8° (219 x 138mm). Folding map, 7 engraved plates. (Small repairs to top corners of final 2 leaves, occasional light soiling.) Modern half blue morocco by Bayntun (spine lightly faded).
FIRST EDITION 'of the first book written about the Hawaiian Islands and the first serious notice of the Islands since Captain Cook's discovery of them forty-eight years earlier. It may be called the first scientific book on Hawaii' (Hill). Forbes I, 634; Hill 545.
WILLIAM ELLIS (1794-1872)
Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii or Owhyhee. London: H. Fisher, Son and P. Jackson, 1826. 8° (219 x 138mm). Folding map, 7 engraved plates. (Small repairs to top corners of final 2 leaves, occasional light soiling.) Modern half blue morocco by Bayntun (spine lightly faded).
FIRST EDITION 'of the first book written about the Hawaiian Islands and the first serious notice of the Islands since Captain Cook's discovery of them forty-eight years earlier. It may be called the first scientific book on Hawaii' (Hill). Forbes I, 634; Hill 545.
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