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Lot 27

[BASTON (GUILLAUME ANDRÉ RENÉ)]
Narrations d'Omai, insulaire de la Mer du Sud, ami et compagnon de voyage du Capitaine Cook. Ouvrage traduit de l'O'Taitien, 4 vol.

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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[BASTON (GUILLAUME ANDRÉ RENÉ)]

Narrations d'Omai, insulaire de la Mer du Sud, ami et compagnon de voyage du Capitaine Cook. Ouvrage traduit de l'O'Taitien, 4 vol., engraved frontispiece portrait of Omai (shaved just touching caption), early quarter calf, red and black morocco gilt spine labels (slightly rubbed) [Beddie 4560; Holmes 74; Kroepelien 54; O'Reilly-Reitman 9312], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher, and Paris, Buisson, 1790

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A scarce copy of a fictional autobiography of Omai, the South Sea islander brought to Britain by Captain Furneaux aboard the Adventure on its return from Cook's second voyage. On the title-page it is said to be translated from the Tahitian.

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