POLYNESIA;
Or, an historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand; the introduction of Christianity; and the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilisation, commerce, and the arts of social life. With a map and vignette. Pp. 440, folding frontispiece map, pictorial half-title page, index; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, lightly soiled and worn, the lower joint cracking, spine slightly split at extremities; uncut; upper hinge cracked, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, early ownership inscription (dated 1844) on upper free endpaper, short closed tear from inner edge of map, a couple of spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling; Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1843. Second edition. *Michael Russell (1781-1848) was bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. Item #099665
Price: $350.00