WILLIAM ELLIS (1794-1872)
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)
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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