Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. London: John Murray 1826. 4to (267 x 210 mm). 15 plates comprising a folding aquatint frontispiece; a folding map; a wood-engraved plate; a full-page plan of Kilauea volcano; and 11 aquatint portraits & views. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt. Dampstaining throughout, several creases to frontispiece, covers detached, general wear to binding. Provenance: John Biddulph [South African explorer 1796-1837?] (ownership signature to title); Aubrey Penderel Janion (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Recounts Byron's journey to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu to Hawaii. The voyage, described by Sir Peter Buck as "one of the most gracious acts that one country has ever extended to another" (Forbes), was commissioned by the British government with Byron in command. This copy with interesting provenance, quite possibly from the collection of John Burnet Biddulp, South African explorer who arrived with the 1820 Settlers, and likely a ancestor of Aubrey Penderel Janion. Abbey Travel 597; Forbes 630; Hill 231; Sabin 100816.
Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. London: John Murray 1826. 4to (267 x 210 mm). 15 plates comprising a folding aquatint frontispiece; a folding map; a wood-engraved plate; a full-page plan of Kilauea volcano; and 11 aquatint portraits & views. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt. Dampstaining throughout, several creases to frontispiece, covers detached, general wear to binding. Provenance: John Biddulph [South African explorer 1796-1837?] (ownership signature to title); Aubrey Penderel Janion (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Recounts Byron's journey to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu to Hawaii. The voyage, described by Sir Peter Buck as "one of the most gracious acts that one country has ever extended to another" (Forbes), was commissioned by the British government with Byron in command. This copy with interesting provenance, quite possibly from the collection of John Burnet Biddulp, South African explorer who arrived with the 1820 Settlers, and likely a ancestor of Aubrey Penderel Janion. Abbey Travel 597; Forbes 630; Hill 231; Sabin 100816.
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