[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Account of a Voyage to the Solomon Islands, 1829, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Already the least expensive available copy, we are now cutting the price 
in half today only:  $1,000 NET

DILLON, Chevalier Capt. Peter. NARRATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL RESULT OF A 
VOYAGE IN THE SOUTH SEAS PERFORMED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH 
INDIA TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL FATE OF LA PEROUSE'S EXPEDITION, 
INTERSPERSED WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE RELIGION, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND 
CANNIBAL PRACTICES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS. London: Hurst, Chance, & 
Co., 1829. First Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes bound in 
modern 3/4 navy blue morocco leather. Complete with two folding 
frontispieces (one hand-colored), a folding map, and one plate. A scarce 
account of this journey to the Solomon Islands via Tasmania, New 
Zealand, and Tonga that successfully solved the mystery of the loss of 
La Perouse and his Expedition forty years previous. Inked out library 
stamps on the title pages, final text pages, and verso of plates. 
General, even browning to text. The hand-colored plate of the natives 
with tears neatly repaired on the verso; the folding map with splits but 
no loss. Still a Very Good copy of a scarce title. (#013004)        
$2,000.00

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