[ANTIQUARIAN BOOK] A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1796, 1797, 1798 IN THE SHIP DUFF. By Captain James Wilson.Printed for T. Chapman,, 1799. 1st edition. 1799. COLLATED.

Brown calf half leather and marbleized paper over boards. Gilt lettering on black leather label and dated at foot of spine. Marbleized text block.
pp: [1], title page, [10 - dedication, advertisement, list of prints, contents], [c], folding map, 395, [1], [8 - list of subscribers] [1]
Rubbed edges and corners; Age toning and brown spots here and there, heavy in a few pages, foxing mostly affecting rear prelims, first map with damp stain to upper margin. Generally a very good copy, mostly clean, unmarked and square.


No sure how much of the period binding is left; the restoration somewhat utilitarian; slightly foxed front prelims, general age toning all throughk book plate to pastedown.