Lot 295: CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD.

Reize om de Wereld in de Jaren 1806-1812. Amsterdam: J. C. van Kesteren, 1818. x, 180, [4] pp. Engraved title with vignette of shipwreck. 8vo (227 x 133 mm). Uncut in original speckled paper wrapper, custom burgundy levant-backed clamshell case. In clamshell box. Light dampstain affecting mainly first two signatures at lower margin near gutter, wraps with loss to spine, old tape reinforcement, an excellent copy overall.

Forbes calls this "a very rare edition." A valuable Pacific voyage narrative, especially with regards to the Sandwich Islands. The Hawaiian vocabulary and phrase list (pp 152-173) is in Dutch with Hawaiian equivalents. Forbes lists copies at HMCS & Yale only. Forbes 474; Sabin 10212.
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