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"A Description of Ye East India Coasts of Malabar and Cormandel...", Churchill, John

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1732 (circa)

Publication: A Collection of Voyages and Travels...Volume III

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.9 x 10.6 inches
17.5 x 26.9 cm
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A lovely title page to Philippus Baldaeus' work covering eastern India and Sri Lanka. The title is presented on a rug which is draped on an elephant mounted by a military officer. In the foreground, natives present various goods representative of the region including jewelry, pottery, rope and coconuts. In the corner, a couple of docile-looking dogs observe the scene. Published in the third volume of John & Awnsham Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels.

References: Sabin #13015.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with a couple of faint creases at top right.

Estimate: $60 - $80

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