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Ellis, William
Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
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Description
- Ellis, William
- Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands. London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (212 x 128mm.), (vol.1) xvi, 536pp.; (vol.2) viii, 576pp., 2 engraved maps [one folding] and 8 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, slight spotting or discoloration to plates, bindings very slightly rubbed
"This work is one of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and is one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas" (Hill).
"This work is one of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and is one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas" (Hill).
Provenance
Sir Thomas Phillipps, with his press-mark "MHC" in each volume
Literature
Bagnall 1797; Forbes 718; Hill (2004) 549
Condition
A good copy
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