Lot 3255: VINCENDON-DUMOULIN, CLEMENT ADRIEN. 1811-1858.

Îles Marquises: ou, Nouka-Hiva. Histoire, géographie, mœurs et considérations générales. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1843. vii [but 8], 362, 1 pp. 4 folding maps. 8vo. Period marbled boards, paper spine label. Two brief library stamps to title, two leaves with corners restored, binding with some general wear, top joint partially cracked.

First edition. "Vincendon-Dumoulin was hydrographer aboard the Astrolabe under Dumont d'Urville during the voyage of 1837-40, and here collects historical, navigational, and other information relating to the Marquesas ... There is a long chapter on the social life and customs of the inhabitants of the islands. Contemporary ethnological science is represented by the 'Notice phrénologique et éthnologique sur les naturels de l'archipel Nouka-Hiva', by Dumoutier" (Hill 1777).