PROUT, Ebenezer.

Memoirs of the life of the Rev. John Williams, missionary to Polynesia.

London: John Snow, 1843. 8vo. viii, 618pp, frontis, further engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, re-backed with original worn spine laid down, raised bands, decorated compartments, 2 black calf gilt spine labels, marbled sides, endpapers and leaf-edges. Matching marbled reinforcement strips to endpaper gutter-margins; off-set from frontis to title. From birth to departure for South Seas - To termination of residence at Raiatea - 2nd year at Raiatea to 1822 - 1st to 2nd voyage to Hervey Is. - Hervey Is.; Samoa - Samoa - Samoa; departure for England - England; return to South Seas - In "Camden"; death.

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Book number: 44421

Catalogue: Missionary Work

Keywords: Missionary Work Polynesia New Zealand