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 with tissue guard, engraved vignette half-title page, index; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, slightly soiled, edges of boards lightly rubbed, fore-corners slightly bruised, the spine chipped at extremities; uncut; armorial bookplate ('Raymond, Aequam servare mentem') on upper pastedown, the upper hinge cracked, lower endpapers faintly damp stained, occasional slight soiling; Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, n.d.[1845?]. Third edition. *Michael Russell (1781-1848) was bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. Item #156974
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