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BYRON, George Anson. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the Years 1824-1825. London: John Murray, 1826.
4o (280 x 222 mm). Folding aquatint frontispiece, 3 engraved portraits, 8 aquatint plates after Robert Dampier, one plan of Kilauea volcano, one folding map, and one woodcut (some spotting). (Several leaves with repaired marginal tears not affecing text, 2L2 with small repaired tear affecting a few letters, some mostly marginal spotting.) Modern half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut.
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER-COPY of Byron's voyage to Hawaii to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu. Abbey Travel; Borba de Moraes I:139; Forbes 630; Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections 37; Hill 231; Sabin 100816.
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FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER-COPY of Byron's voyage to Hawaii to return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu. Abbey Travel; Borba de Moraes I:139; Forbes 630; Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections 37; Hill 231; Sabin 100816.