Title: An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language. Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands Author: Martin, John Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1818 Description: 2 volumes. lvi, 444; [4], 344, [148] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece in Vol. I; folding copper-engraved map. 8½x5, period half calf & marbled boards, spines gilt. Second Edition, with additions. Fifteen year-old William Mariner sailed to the South Seas aboard the Port au Prince in 1805, seeking whales and Spanish shipping. The crew mutinied, and were then murdered by Tonga natives, only Mariner surviving. Taken prisoner, he was adopted as the King's son, and lived on the island for four years before his rescue. The present account is important not only for the narrative but also the very extensive vocabulary of the Tonga language at the end of the second volume. The 1817 first edition did not contain the map. With armorial bookplates of the Sebag family. Forbes 515; Hill 1076. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear, joints tender or cracking, title-page of Vol. I partially sprung, foxing to frontispiece and occasionally elsewhere, very good. Item number: 206071
Title: An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language. Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Those Islands Author: Martin, John Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1818 Description: 2 volumes. lvi, 444; [4], 344, [148] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece in Vol. I; folding copper-engraved map. 8½x5, period half calf & marbled boards, spines gilt. Second Edition, with additions. Fifteen year-old William Mariner sailed to the South Seas aboard the Port au Prince in 1805, seeking whales and Spanish shipping. The crew mutinied, and were then murdered by Tonga natives, only Mariner surviving. Taken prisoner, he was adopted as the King's son, and lived on the island for four years before his rescue. The present account is important not only for the narrative but also the very extensive vocabulary of the Tonga language at the end of the second volume. The 1817 first edition did not contain the map. With armorial bookplates of the Sebag family. Forbes 515; Hill 1076. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear, joints tender or cracking, title-page of Vol. I partially sprung, foxing to frontispiece and occasionally elsewhere, very good. Item number: 206071
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