- 3085
Baldaeus, Phillippus (1632-1672).
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het machtige eyland Ceylon. Amsterdam: Johannes Jansson van Waesberge and Johannes van Someren, 1672
folio (310 x 191mm.), [10], 198, [2], 132 [i.e 240], [2], 188, [12]pp., title-page printed in red and black, illustration: engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 35 engraved plates (all but one double-page), numerous engraved text illustrations, woodcut initials, binding: old blind-stamped vellum, spine in compartments, gilt lettering, lacking leaf (G2), (Aa3-4) loose and with marginal tears, front endpaper loose, small tear to G2 affecting one letter, rust hole to (F2) affecting a couple of letters, marginal spotting and staining
Catalogue Note
Baldaeus was a Dutch missionary to Ceylon assigned to Jaffna, the Tamil region in the north of the island. He arrived in 1656 and remained until 1665. He includes extensive descriptions of the geography of the region, as well as of its natural history, the wars between the Dutch and Portuguese, the Hindu religion and local customs.