Phasuk Santanee Stott Philip (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Royal Siamese Maps.

Colour maps, 208pp, index, dustjacket, spine of dustjacket little sunned, a very good hardback copy. 30.6 x 25.3cm. "In 1996, seventeen exquisite hand-drawn and hand-coloured cotton maps were discovered in the Grand Palace, Bangkok. These long-lost treasures record cartographically Siamese warfare and trade during the first three reigns of the Bangkok Period (1782-1851). Works of art in themselves, the maps are also full of historical and landscape detail so that they will become important primary sources for historians and geographers of Southeast Asia for years to come. Now preserved and safely stored in the Library of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, it is the purpose of this beautifully illustrated book to introduce these exciting discoveries to the general public and to scholars, antiquarians and cartographic historians. Royal Siamese Maps is thus a lively account of the finding, the dating, the cartographic characteristics, and historical significance of these rare remnants of the Siamese heritage." Publisher's description.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Bangkok: River Books, 2004. 1st edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. 378 color illustrations document these beautiful seventeen cotton maps created during the first three reigns of the Bangkok period (1782-1851). These maps had completely been forgotten until discovered in 1996. A wonderful example of indigenous map-making. 256 pp. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 208 pages, Folio. Out of Print. Minor shelfwear. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: new. still in publishers shrink wrap.