Small folio (292 x 229 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, and 15 engraved plates (several folding). (Offsetting to text from plates, spotting to frontispiece.) Contemporary tree calf (rebacked, corners renewed).

Second edition. "In 1783, the Antelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, ran onto a reef near one of the Palau Islands, a previously unexplored group, and was wrecked. The entire crew managed to get safely ashore, where they were well treated by the natives and eventually managed to build a small vessel from the wreck, in which they reached Macao. They took Prince Lee Boo, one of King Abba Thulle's sons, with them to England, where he made a good impression" (Hill). Cox II, pp.302-303; Hill 907.