[Rarebooks] FS: Keate's ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS, 1788, with large map and 16 plates

[Charles Agvent]

KEATE,  George.  AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS SITUATED  IN  THE
WESTERN  PART  OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.... London: G. Nicol 1788.  Second
Edition.  Quarto  (9"  x 11-3/4") bound in full modern calf  with  new
endpapers,  old  endpapers retained. xxviii, 378 pages. Composed  from
the  journals and communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some  of
his  officers who, in August 1783, were shipwrecked there. Illustrated
with  a portrait of Wilson, a large folding map, and 15 other  plates,
some   folding,  including  portraits,   views,  and  ornaments.  Some
offsetting  to  text  from  plates, occasional browning  to  text  and
plates,  but  generally  a  clean, wholesome copy.  Stamp  of  Paulist
Father's  Library on the title page, verso of two plates, and one text
page. Very Good in serviceable binding.                        $950.00

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