A Compendium of the East Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies
Lacombe, Jean De
Published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1937
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Hardback, cloth spine, Batik covered boards. 32 x 20cm. 209pp, [1]. Maps on end-papers, illustrations. Number 50 of 300 copies. Rubbed to extremities, with some peeling of frabric to front board. Inside some spotting to first and last few pages, and occasionally to margins. Good only. Seller Inventory # 17504
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Title: A Compendium of the East Being an Account of...
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Good
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A Compendium of the East being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies made by the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland
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The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937., 1937
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Hardcover
Seller: INDOSIAM RARE BOOKS ABA/ILAB, HONG KONG, HK, Hong Kong
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1 volume, small in-folio, 210 pp., illustrated with 6 double-page engravings, bound in publisher's cloth, original batik boards, spine repaired with leather back, a good copy. This is the first publication, from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681, with an English translation from the old French by Stephanie & Denis Clark, Edited with an introduction and notes by Ashley Gibson. Jean de Lacombe traveled through Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Ternat, Nambonne, Gounongapy, Siam, Moluccas, China in the seventeenth century. The plates are from contemporary engravings of some of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse, Amsterdam, 1676. The Maps used as end-papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. The Edition is limited to 300 copies in Perpetua Type on Arnold's hand-made paper (No 183). Seller Inventory # 10514
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A Compendium of the East. Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies Made By the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. Now Published for the First Time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681] in an English translation by Stephanie & Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction by Ashley Gibson.
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London The Golden Cockerel Press 1937, 1937
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Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
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First Thus. Limited: # 86 of 300 copies. Black cloth spine, batik covered boards. Printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schouten's Oost-Indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as end papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. Bookplate of Herbert Eberhard Hering, a noted German-Brazilian bibliophile and book collector, appears on the inside front paste down. The black spine has a little nicking to the top and tail of the spine. Overall in good, clean condition though. Internally clean with a few foxing spots only. Text in English. 320 x 200 mm (12½ x 7¾ inches). Seller Inventory # 2244
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A COMPENDIUM OF THE EAST BEING AN ACCOUNT OF VOYAGES TO THE GRAND INDIES. Now published for the first time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript 1681] in an English translation by Stephanie and Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Ashley Gibson.
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London, Golden Cockerel Press 1937., 1937
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Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
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c. 208pp. 4to. Original cloth backed decorative cloth covered boards, slight wear to extremities. Map endpapers, black and white plates. Some scattered foxing. A very good copy. Lmited edition 300 copies. Seller Inventory # 200991
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A Compendium of the East Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies Made By the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. Now Published for the First Time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681] in an English translation by Stepanie & Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction by Ashley Gibson
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Printed and Published in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Number 86 of 300 copies printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as endsheets are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Pertelote 130 Brown coth spine and batik cloth. Fine Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as endsheets are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. 1 vols. Small folio Number 86 of 300 copies printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Seller Inventory # 52410
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