Title: 1829 POLYNESIA ILLUSTRATED 2 VOLS antique History Mythology Traditions Manners Description: Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands - With Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants by Ellis, William 2 volumes London; 1829 Original 3/4 leather over marbled boards, spines with title in gilt, illustrated xvi, 536; viii, 576 pp. With 8 copper-engraved plates; 1 wood-engraved plate; 2 copper-engraved maps (1 folding); wood engravings in the text. First Edition. One of the earliest publications of ethnological research by a missionary, noted by Hill as "one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas, especially of Tahiti... Its publication helped alter the perception of missionaries in the eyes of those who thought of them as ignorant and narrow-minded men..." Forbes declares it to be "One of the most important books on the history and ethnology of the Society Islands, by one of the most perceptive of the missionary travelers in the Pacific... He was stationed at Tahiti from 1817 to 1822, during which time very little seems to have escaped his notice. There are occasional references and comparisons between Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands throughout the text, all the more important since Ellis was a resident of both island groups..." Forbes 718; Hill 549. Boards worn, light edgewear; occasional light foxing, some pencil marks, frontispieces offsetting, neat repair to title-page of Vol. II, bookplates, bookseller's sticker, repairs to hinges; very good. Size 5 1/2 by 8 1/3" Text in English
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