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Scott-Waring John (1747-1819) - An Epistle from Oberea Queen of Otaheite to Joseph Banks Esq
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
Realised: $500 plus premium
Lot Details
Translated by T. Q. Z. Esq Professor to the OTAHEITE Language in Dublin and all the Languages of the undiscovered Islands in the SOUTH SEAS, And enriched with HISTORICAL and EXPLANATORY NOTES. Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in PICCADILLY, London, The Fifth Edition, 1774, 15pp, rebound half burgundy morocco and marbled boards, old water stains to top edges, otherwise good. Scarce. A satire in verse, in imitation of Ovid's "Oenone paradi".
