MARSDEN, WILLIAM. 1754-1836.
The History of Sumatra.... London: For the author, 1784. xii, 373, [7] pp. Engraved folding map. 4to (267 x 205). Period calf. Crease to title-page, map with stub tear and offsetting, toned, hinges crudely taped, wear to binding extremities, rebacked with section of original spine laid down.
Second edition.
Provenance: Ownership signature of James Gambier (presumably the Bahamanian British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland, 1756-1833); bookplate of R.R.W. Ellis, Singapore, 1904; inscription of Paul Shoaff, Sumatra, 1937. A well-traveled book.