The Asiatic islands and New Holland: being a description of the manners, customs, character, and state of society of the various tribes by which they are inhabited: illustrated by 26 coloured engravings

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1824 · London

by Shobrel, Frederic
London: R. Ackermann, n.d., 1824. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 12mo, pp. [2], vii, [3], 291; [2], 289; 26 hand-colored plates; front hinge cracked at contents-page; slightly later half green calf over marbled boards, label missing on spine, otherwise very good. Many of the plates are after the drawings of Louis Choris. Issued as part of The World in Miniature series, published in 43 volumes 1821-27, and available separately from the publisher. Volume I is devoted to the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, the Andamans and the Indian archipelagos general; vol. II to Bali, Timor, Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, New Holland, and Van Diemen's Land, etc. "The aim of (truncated)
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