J. F. Wilson Sold at Auction Prices

Wilson, J.F.

A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798 in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson…; and illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by M. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea islands and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite; by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society. London, T. Chapman, 1799. Gr. 4°. c, 420, [xii] S. Mit 13 gest., teils gefalteten Tafeln und Karten. Hldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. - Rücken berieben und Leder spröde. 4 Tafeln vermutlich von Kinderhand ankoloriert, eine Karte mit Einrissen, vereinzelt etwas fleckig, insgesamt gute Erhaltung.