[Rarebooks] FS: Society & language of the Tonga Islands, 1817

[Bob Petrilla]

Martin, John (1789-1869).  AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS,
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of
Their Language. Compiiled and arranged from the extensive communications of
Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands.  London: John
Murray, 1817.  First Edition.  Two volumes. pp: lix, 460 + 412 (A Grammar
of the Tonga Language included in pagination) + (88) A Vocabulary,  Tonga
and English + (121) A Vocabulary, English and Tonga; errata page.  Bound in
modern cloth-backed boards, leather spine labels; margins untrimmed.  9,25"
x 5.5".  Very Good condition.
The engraved frontispiece in Volume I shows Mariner in Tonga garments.
Signature of "Capt. Wellings" at top of each title-page.  $800.00



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