Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia : the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium
by Linschoten, J.H. van ; Boogaart, E. van den ; Roxburghe Club
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Copy No. 81. Covers a little scuffed and marked, otherwise Near Fine. Lacking the 32 pp facsimile booklet of the "Icones&
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1999. Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale, this being one of 120 copies for sale bound in buckram. Elephant folio, green buckram, 64 cm,. xiii, 282 pp, portrait and 42 colour plates. Containing the text of the English translation of the Itinerario published in London by John Wolfe, 1598, and a facsimile of: Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium (Amstelreodami: Apud Cornelium Nicolai, 1604). Copy No. 81. Covers a little scuffed and marked, otherwise Near Fine. Lacking the 32 pp facsimile booklet of the "Icones" which is nor present in the rear pocket.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-40887
- Title
- Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia : the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium
- Author
- Linschoten, J.H. van ; Boogaart, E. van den ; Roxburghe Club
- Format/Binding
- Elephant folio, green buckram, 64 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Copy No. 81. Covers a little scuffed and marked, otherwise Near Fine. Lacking the 32 pp facsimile booklet of the "Icones&
- Edition
- Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale, this being one
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1999
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- xiii, 282 pp, portrait and 42 colour plates
- Keywords
- Linschoten, Jan Huygen van Boogaart, Ernst van den Roxburghe, Club Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611 - Journeys - East Asia. Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611. - Itinerario. English. Ethics - Asia - History - 16th century. Ethics - Asia - History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roxburghe Club;
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Wykeham Books
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LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- First Edition
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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