1862 Viti An Account of A Government Mission to The Vitian or Fijian Islands in The Years 1860-61

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Original Source, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of the work, in the original publisher's green cloth. 

With four tinted lithographic plates (including the frontispiece), a folding map of the region and further in text vignette illustrations. Collated complete. 

A detailed account of a British government mission to Fiji, combining political observations with Seemann's background as a botanist. The work acts as a foundation of Seemann's later work, Flora Vitiensis. Seeman was sent to the region to document the flora and fauna, as well as to report more broadly on the island's features, with this work including a range of topics, such as tattoo culture, polygamy and religious rites.