Beschreibung:

A new edition. VI, 178 S. mit 1 Kupfertitel. 1 Kupfer-Frontsip. und 5 Kupfertafeln. 12°. Lwd. des 19. Jahrhunderts mit Rückenschild (etw. bestoßen und gebräunt).

Bemerkung:

Die erste Ausgabe war 1789 in London bei Newbery erschienen. - "Prince Lee Boo (1764 -1784) was the son of Ibedul, the ruler of Koror in the Pelew Islands, now called Palau. Prince Lee Boo was one of the first people from the Pacific Islands to visit Great Britain. When the China trader Antelope, was wrecked on the island of Oroolong in Western Palau in 1783, its survivors, including Captain Henry Wilson spent three months on Palau. When the survivors were finally rescued, Captain Wilson agreed to take the second son of Ibedul to London to acquire more knowledge about Europe. He arrived around a decade after the Tahitian Omai, and was quickly dubbed `The Black Prince` by London society, who were charmed by his poise and intelligence. He attended church ceremonies, dinner parties and European school; however, he died of smallpox in May 1784, some six months after his arrival in London on 27 December 1784, aged 20 years" (Wikipedia Abruf vom 03.08.2017). - Enthält als Frontispiz das bekannte Porträt von Prinz Lee Boo. - Vorsätze und Buchinnendeckel mit eingeklebten Ausschnitten aus Zeitungen und Büchern zu Prinz Lee Boo, sowie die Katalogaufnahme eines Antiquariats und einige kl. hs. Notizen. Gebräunt und stellenw. etw. fleckig.