Francois valentijn (183 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Text clean and binding solid. Foxing and toning to jacket. Tear to top right corner of jacket's front panel.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Heavy bumping to top corner of rear cover- damage continues into a dent to the textblock. Light toning to textblock edges, mild foxing to top face. Otherwise, book itself is in swell shape, the binding is square and tight, the covers are clean, the pages are unmarked and remarkably crisp. Titling on spine and to embossed ship on front cover are done in a bright gilding. Dust jacket has heavy edge and corner wear, some creasing and shallow tearing along ends. Moderate surface wear, some rubbing, light fading to spine. Has been given protective mylar jacketing.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. First edition thus. Octavo in brushed and gilt-titled blue boards, with green and blue DJ; xv, 395 p., [8] leaves of plates (1 folding map): ill.; 23 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 375-379. Originally published in 1726 as the section dealing with Ceylon in vol. 5, pt. 1 of Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. Sri Lanka, Description and travel; Early works to 1800.? Sri Lanka, History To 1505.?Sri Lanka, History , 1505-1948. Near Fine in Near Fine- to VG++ DJ, in archival mylar jacket. …

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Second series. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

1st editions. 8vo.xv + 395pp. B/w. frontispiece and b/w. illustrations, maps. Original light blue cloth. Navy d/w. with light green title patch to upper wrapp. and to spine, rubbed. Hakluyt Society Second Series No.149. ISBN 0904180069 US$12.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 149. Physical description; xv, 395 pages, 12, 5 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Translated from: Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. Bibliography: pages 375-379. Subjects; Sri Lanka Description and travel Early works to 1800. Sri Lanka History Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xv, 395pp, frontis, large foldout map. Book.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 149. Physical description; xv, 395 pages, 12, 5 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Translated from: Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. Bibliography: pages 375-379. Subjects; Sri Lanka Description and travel Early works to 1800. Sri Lanka History Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG cloth, lacks DJ. XV, 395 pages, illustrations, maps : 23 cm. Summary:The first twelve chapters on Ceylon in Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Dordrecht, 1724-6).

FIRST EDITION; octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Reprint. First edition, edited and translated by Sinnappah Arasaratnam. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon made available for the first time to the English-reading public. Presentable, tight and sound copy. Dust wrapper not price clipped but does have light rubbing at extremities and is slightly faded. No inscriptions. Xv + 395 pages, notes, maps, plates, bibliography, indexed. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; ISBN: 0904180069. ISBN/EAN: 9780904180060. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0020938.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. (Second Series, No. 149) Larger, sturdy book, quality blue cloth, very bright gilt logo of sail ship at center front, bright gilt lettering on spine, 395 pages, a fold-out between page 374 and 375, glossy photos throughout. DJ beneath mylar, dark blue border to front and center spine, dark green in thin white frame on top front, white back. Tiny light brown spotting to exterior page edges. DJ has light wear at top front tip, very slight surface wear at spine bototm edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. With frontispiece, 12 full-page plates, 2 maps and a folding map. François Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) has long been regarded as a primary source of information on a number of regions of Maritime Asia. It is a veritable encyclopaedia, bringing together an array of facts, trivial and vital, from a wide range of contemporary and earlier literature, acknowledge and unacknowledged, and contains valuable excerpts from contemporary documents of the Dutch East India Company and from private papers. It is indeed a public archive. Despite this historic character of the work, it was never republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. It has therefore remained relatively unknown and little read, except by the specialist wanting to quarry this mine of information for his particular purpose. This edition of Valentijn embraces the dealing with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the fifth volume of Old and New East Indies.…

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good ++ in a Like protected Jacket PP 395 index frontis fold out map.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

8vo; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog. original cloth, giltvignette, dj, fine. Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Hakluyt Second Series 149. Trans. ed. Sinnappah Arasaratnam of the 1724 account. pp.xv.395. Illus, map, folding. Library marks; part of ffep removed.

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, front cover lightly stained, interior clean, dj (bit rubbed, not price clipped), very good. Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Condición: New.

Condición: New.