An Historical Relation Of The Island Of Ceylon In The East Indies Together With An Account Of The

by Robert Knox

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First edition

London: Printed by Richard Chiswell, 1681. Sri Lankan Ethnography FIRST EDITION. Quarto 32 x 21cm , pp. 24 189 3 . Collates as per ESTC, including licence to print and advertisement. Complete with 15 copper-engraved plates, including the folding double-page map. Bound in contemporary or near-contemporary speckled full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to a red label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Edges trimmed, and gently speckled red. A large,

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