Lot 16: KEATE, George (1729-97). An Account of the Pelew

KEATE, George (1729-97). An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked, in The Antelope. London: G. Nicol, 1788. 4to (290 x 230mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain Henry Wilson, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates, one folding, engraved plan, "A Vocabulary of the Pelew Language" at the end (frontispiece reinforced at margins and stained at margin, marginal repairs to last few leaves with slight loss, some spotting, browning and mainly marginal staining). Modern old-style half calf gilt, new endpapers. FIRST EDITION. Cox II, 302; Hill 907.