Supplement to the Sandwich Islands Mirror containing an Account of the Persecution of Catholics at the Sandwich Islands … January 15, 1840. Honolulu: R.J. Howard, Printer, [1840]. 3 woodcut plates. 100 pp. 8vo (230 x 132 mm). Period speckled wrappers. Foxing (heavy at ends), lacking 1st woodcut, wrappers frayed with backstrip lacking. “An important account of Roman Catholic affairs at the Hawaiian islands, this answers remarks made by Samuel N. Castle, a member of the American Protestant Mission, and printed in the Hawaiian Spectator and elsewhere” (Forbes 1243). Both Castle and Rev. Artemas Bishop attribute the authorship to American Consul J.C. Jones. The woodcuts have been attributed to Jules Dudoit. Rare. See illustration.
Supplement to the Sandwich Islands Mirror containing an Account of the Persecution of Catholics at the Sandwich Islands … January 15, 1840. Honolulu: R.J. Howard, Printer, [1840]. 3 woodcut plates. 100 pp. 8vo (230 x 132 mm). Period speckled wrappers. Foxing (heavy at ends), lacking 1st woodcut, wrappers frayed with backstrip lacking. “An important account of Roman Catholic affairs at the Hawaiian islands, this answers remarks made by Samuel N. Castle, a member of the American Protestant Mission, and printed in the Hawaiian Spectator and elsewhere” (Forbes 1243). Both Castle and Rev. Artemas Bishop attribute the authorship to American Consul J.C. Jones. The woodcuts have been attributed to Jules Dudoit. Rare. See illustration.
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