A Description of Ceylon : Containing An Account of The Country, Inhabitants, & Natural Productions : With Narratives of A Tour Round The Island in 1800, The Campaign In Candy in 1803, & A Journey to Ramisseram in 1804 (2 Vol)
Language: English
Published by Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, London, United Kingdom, 1807
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James Cordiner, the chaplain of the fort at Colombo, made an extensive tour of the British maritime possessions in Ceylon, including the native-held central Candian territories and the East India Company island of Ramesseram, in 1800. He not only provides first-hand information of many of the settlements on the island, but also descriptions of elephant hunts, methods of cultivating cinnamon, collecting seasalt and pearl diving, manners and customs of the different residents. The fine plates of native dress, temples, and topographical studies are after drawings by Cordiner himself. illustrated by 25 Aquatint & Stipple plate engravings from original drawings 2 of which are folding. Engravings by Thomas Medland, Peltro William Tomkins, and Suffield; after James Cordiner. Maps engraved by Joseph P. Bye. Pages: VOLUME I: xii + 445 pages including 21 Plates (2 of which are folding) VOLUME II: vi + 360 pages including 4 plates >>>>>>>>>>>>Condition: Hardback Quarter bound leather brown morocco leather to spines and corners, with marbled paper to boards. Raised banding to spines with embossed & gilt decorations and title lettering. Two Volumes bounded in one, Previous Library Stamp's to bottom corner of Both title pages. Inner pages with ager realted discolouration, along with occasional spotting. Foxing to some pages. Occasional minor offsetting from plates onto text. Binding in Good Condition. Text and Plates in VG Condition. - See Images Provided. A Rare & Scarce Edition.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ***PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM EXCEEDS STANDARD WEIGHT LIMITS; ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES APPLY.*****.…
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- Title
- A Description of Ceylon : Containing An Account of The Country, Inhabitants, & Natural Productions : With Narratives of A Tour Round The Island in 1800, The Campaign In Candy in 1803, & A Journey to Ramisseram in 1804 (2 Vol)
- Author
- James Cordiner
- Publisher
- Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, London, United Kingdom
- Publication year
- 1807
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Thomas Medland, Peltro William Tomkins, and Suffield
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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