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. With a Study by Ernst van den Boogaart.

Jan Huygen van Linschoten; Ernst van den Boogaart

Verlag: Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, London, 1999

Beschreibung

xiii, 282 pp., including 42 color plates; elephant folio (24.5 x 17.5 in.); quarter terra cotta morocco, terra cotta cloth sides, vellum tips, gilt spine title, gilt vellum plate inlaid on front cover. All plates and maps are reproduced in original size. A facsimile containing the images and maps from the original Itinerario published in Amsterdam in 1596; the text, William Phillips's English translation, was published by John Wolfe in London in 1598. A 32-page (15.5 x 12.5 in.) facsimile of the Icones, Habitus Gestusque Indorum is housed in a rear pocket. Robert S Pirie's copy, with his name printed in red in the roll of Roxburghe Club members. Fine copy. Barker 263. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4669

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the Moral Map ...

Verlag: Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1999

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine