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Na Mele Aimoku na Mele Kupuna, a me na Mele Ponoi o ka Moi Kalakaua I. A ua pai ia no ka la hanau o ka moi, ke kanalima ponoi o kona mau makahiki. [Honolulu: 1886.] 311 pp. 8vo. Original blue printed wraps. [Honolulu: 1886.] 311 pp. 8vo. Original blue printed wraps.
“An important collection of original Hawaiian poetic compositions, chiefly mele inoa, or name chants, for various of the alii, collected at the time Kalakana’s Jubilee Birthday celebrations, November 1886. These range in length from a few lines to compositions of many separate parts” (Forbes 3844). Signed by Curtis Iaukea, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Hawaii and adviser to HM Kalakaua, on upper wrap.