Keate, G. 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 (30,5:24 cm). Mit gest. Porträt-Frontispiz, 2 (1 gefalt.) Kupferkarten u. 14 (1 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln. XXVII, 378 S., 1 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. mit farb. Rsch., beschabt u. bestoßen, Rücken unter Verwendung des alten Materials restauriert.

Taylor 549; Hill 160; Pardo de Tavera 1445, Cox II, 302 f. - Erste Ausgabe des bekannten Berichts über die Palau-Inseln. "In August, 1783, the Antelope, commanded by Henry Wilson, of the East India Company's Marines, ran on a rock near one of the Pelew Islands, and became a wreck. This gropup of islands had been sighted by the Spaniards and others, but had never been explored" (Cox). Die Tafeln zeigen Geräte und Waffen, Ansichten, 1 Küstenprofil sowie 3 Eingeborenen-Porträts. - Stellenw. leicht fleckig; Faltkte. schwach sporfleckig, mit kl. Randeinriss u. rechts etwas knitterfaltig. Mit hs. Besitzvermerk John Ruggles 1817 sowie gest. Wappenexlibris "Spains Hall, Finchingfield. Essex".

First edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 (1 folding) engr. maps and 14 (1 folding) engr. plates. - Slight occasional staining; light mildew spotting, small marginal tear and at right creasing to folding map. Contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, spine restored using original material. Ownership inscription and armorial bookplate (see above).