2896 - 3588: [Ceylon]. Ribeyro, J.

78 3047 Ceylon Ribeyro J

78/3047 [Ceylon]. Ribeyro, J. Histoire de l'isle de Ceylan. French transl. by l'Abbé Le Grand. Amst., Duvillard and Changuion, 1719, (24),352p., 1 large engr. fold. map by DELISLE, 7 plates/ plans, contemp. blindst. panelled calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

- Very fine copy.

= Cat. NHSM p.573; Henze IV, p.589f; De Silva p.488. The first edition was simultaneously published in French in Paris and Amsterdam in 1701, and was translated from the original manuscript in Portuguese, and first published in Portuguese in 1836. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.

BOUND WITH: Catrou, F. Histoire général de l'Empire du Mogol depuis sa fondation: Sur les Memoires portugais de M. Manouchi, Venitien. The Hague, J. van Duren, 1735, (24),380p., fold. engr. map of "l'Empire du Mogol sur les memoires du Mr. Manouchi".

- Fine. = Rare.

€ (500-700) 550