Clair-Marie-Léopold VERGUET
Histoire de la première Mission catholique au vicariat de Mélanésie
[History of the First Catholic Mission to the Vicariate of Melanesia]
H. Goemaere|Brussels 1854|13 x 21.5 cm|Relié
Edition from the year of the original, illustrated with a portrait and 22 plates including 2 maps (cf. Taylor Pacific Bibliography p. 520. Cammack & Saito no. 346. Edridge, Solomon Island Bibliography, p. 250.).
Half purple sheep binding, spine with four raised bands tooled with gilt garlands and decorated double panels, traces of rubbing and restorations to spine and joints, gilt fillet framing the black blind-stamped boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Pleasant internal condition despite occasional foxing.
€650