KEATE, George.
An account of the Pelew Islands,
situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the journals and communications of Captain Henry Wilson and some of his officers, who, in August 1783 were there shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a packet belonging to the Honourable East India
Stock Code
96677
London, for Captain Wilson, 1789
£1,250
Description
Second edition, 4to (29.5 x 24.5 cm), xxviii, 378 pp., portrait frontispiece, folding map, 15 plates (11 of which are folding), some offsetting from plates to text, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco lettering piece, raised bands, a very handsome example.
Bibliography
Hill p160 (first edition).
Stock ID:96677
