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ELLIS, WILLIAM - Polynesian Researches
Estimate:
$600 - $800
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$300
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ELLIS, WILLIAM
Polynesian Researches during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands;
including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands - with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, art, manners, and customs of the inhabitants.
London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829. First edition Two volumes, Vol. I. xvi, 536p, frontis, map & 3 plates; Vol. II. viii, 576p, frontis, 7 illustrations. Owner's names and stamps both volumes on endpapers. 220mm, bound in contemporary half leather, with original title labels & marbled boards, rubbing to the boards, contents clean a VG set.
Ellis's most important work, and "one of the most important books on the history and ethnology of the Society Islands, by one of the most perceptive of the missionary travellers in the Pacific" (Forbes).
Polynesian Researches during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands;
including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands - with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, art, manners, and customs of the inhabitants.
London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829. First edition Two volumes, Vol. I. xvi, 536p, frontis, map & 3 plates; Vol. II. viii, 576p, frontis, 7 illustrations. Owner's names and stamps both volumes on endpapers. 220mm, bound in contemporary half leather, with original title labels & marbled boards, rubbing to the boards, contents clean a VG set.
Ellis's most important work, and "one of the most important books on the history and ethnology of the Society Islands, by one of the most perceptive of the missionary travellers in the Pacific" (Forbes).
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