Voyage a l’ile de Ceylan Robert Percival 1803

Percival, Robert

Travels 1803 | Voyage a l’ile de Ceylan, fait dans les années 1797 à 1800; contenant l’histoire (…), 2 volumes, Paris Dentu 1803. Complete set with 4 engraved folded maps.

Name: Travels 1803 | Voyage a l’ile de Ceylan, fait dans les années 1797 à 1800; contenant l’histoire (...), 2 volumes, Paris Dentu 1803. Complete set with 4 engraved folded maps.
SKU: 24677
Price: 381.50 EUR
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First French edition of Robert Percival’s important account of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), based on his experiences on the island between 1797 and 1800, shortly after the British takeover of the former Dutch possessions. Percival provides an extensive description of the island’s geography, inhabitants, customs, religion, economy and natural resources, with observations on Colombo, Kandy, the cinnamon trade and pearl fisheries. The work concludes with an account of the British embassy to the King of Kandy in 1800.

Illustrated with two folding maps and two folding plans/plates. An important early British eyewitness account of Ceylon at a crucial moment in the island’s colonial history. B0053.

Percival, Robert. Voyage à l’île de Ceylan, fait dans les années 1797 à 1800; contenant l’histoire, la géographie et la description des moeurs des habitans, ainsi que celle des productions naturelles du pays. Suivi de la relation d’une Ambassade envoyée, en 1800, au roi de Candy. Translated from the English by P.F. Henry. Paris, Dentu, An XI [1803]. 2 volumes, 316; 304 pp. Some foxing on the pages. The maps with some small tears on the edges but further in good condition.

[NL] Eerste Franse editie van Robert Percivals belangrijke ooggetuigenverslag van Ceylon (Sri Lanka), gebaseerd op zijn verblijf op het eiland van 1797 tot 1800, kort na de Britse overname van de Nederlandse bezittingen. Een uitvoerige vroege beschrijving van landschap, bevolking, religie, handel en natuurlijke rijkdommen, met bijzondere aandacht voor Colombo, Kandy, kaneel en parelvisserij.

SKU: 24677

€ 381,50 (€ 350,00 ex. btw)

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