South Seas.- Mariner (William) & John Martin
South Seas.- Mariner (William) & John Martin
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original grammar and vocabulary of their Language, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol., lithographed portrait of Mariner in Tonga costume to frontispiece of vol. 1, very minor spotting, bookplate of Castle MacGarrett (of the Irish Brown family) to front pastedown, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, gilt spine and corner edges, gilt-lettered morocco label, printed for the author and sold by J. Murray, 1817; Vason (George), An Authentic Narrative of Four Years’ Residence at Tongataboo, FIRST EDITION, lithograph view of Tonga to frontispiece, some light browning, very minor marginal spotting, contemporary half vellum with marbled paper, spine repaired in later calf, gilt-lettered label, Longman et al., 1810; McLeod (John), Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty’s late ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea, FIRST EDITION, 5 plates (4 coloured), including litographed author’s portrait to frontispiece, some light spotting or dampstaining, armorial bookplate of William Bateman Dashwood to front pastedown, contemporary polish speckled calf, bordered with gilt ropework, rebacked with onlaid gilt spine, J. Murray, 1817; LaBorde (Jean-Benjamin de la) Histoire abrégée de la mer du Sud, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, lacking all plates and maps, some waterstaining to blank lower margin of vol. 3 with occasional minor loss, contemporary marbled calf, marbled endpapers, gilt border and spine, gilt-lettered morocco labels, some scuffing or cracking, silk bookmarks, Paris, P. Didot, 1791. 8vo (7)
*** Scarce works on expeditions and explorations of Polynesia; the first includes the first printed dictionary of the Tonga language.
Provenance. Captain William Bateman Dashwood was a 19th-century British Navy officer who served in the Mediterranean, Biscay (to intercept Napoleon) and South America.
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South Seas.- Mariner (William) & John Martin
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original grammar and vocabulary of their Language, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol., lithographed portrait of Mariner in Tonga costume to frontispiece of vol. 1, very minor spotting, bookplate of Castle MacGarrett (of the Irish Brown family) to front pastedown, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, gilt spine and corner edges, gilt-lettered morocco label, printed for the author and sold by J. Murray, 1817; Vason (George), An Authentic Narrative of Four Years’ Residence at Tongataboo, FIRST EDITION, lithograph view of Tonga to frontispiece, some light browning, very minor marginal spotting, contemporary half vellum with marbled paper, spine repaired in later calf, gilt-lettered label, Longman et al., 1810; McLeod (John), Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty’s late ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea, FIRST EDITION, 5 plates (4 coloured), including litographed author’s portrait to frontispiece, some light spotting or dampstaining, armorial bookplate of William Bateman Dashwood to front pastedown, contemporary polish speckled calf, bordered with gilt ropework, rebacked with onlaid gilt spine, J. Murray, 1817; LaBorde (Jean-Benjamin de la) Histoire abrégée de la mer du Sud, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, lacking all plates and maps, some waterstaining to blank lower margin of vol. 3 with occasional minor loss, contemporary marbled calf, marbled endpapers, gilt border and spine, gilt-lettered morocco labels, some scuffing or cracking, silk bookmarks, Paris, P. Didot, 1791. 8vo (7)
*** Scarce works on expeditions and explorations of Polynesia; the first includes the first printed dictionary of the Tonga language.
Provenance. Captain William Bateman Dashwood was a 19th-century British Navy officer who served in the Mediterranean, Biscay (to intercept Napoleon) and South America.
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