SEEMAN, Berthold Carl (1825-71). Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands. [etc.]

SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-71).  Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands in the Years 1860-61. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1862. 8vo (224 x 140mm). Half title, tinted lithographed frontispiece, double-page engraved map, and 3 tinted lithographed plates (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Modern green half morocco gilt, new endpapers. FIRST EDITION. Howgego III, 516. With Joseph Waterhouse’s Vah-ta-ah, the Feejeean Princess: with Occasional Allusions to Feejeean Customs; and Illustrations of Feejeean Life (London, 1857, original cloth). Provenance: from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). (2)