Lot 550

Ceylon - Ribeyro, Juan






Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
£375
Description
Historia de l'isle de [C]eylan. Amsterdam: J.L. Delorme, 1701. Second edition, 12mo, title printed in red and black, large folding engraved map by Berey, 7 folding plates and plans, with the 2 final blanks, the last one pasted down, early 19th century boards, piece missing from title with loss of one letter
Footnote
Note: Second edition of Ribeyro's eye-witness account of an eighteen year stay in Ceylon which he left after the Dutch conquest of Colombo in 1656.





