A Compendium of the East, being an account of voyages to the Grand Indies made by the Sieur Jean de Lacombe, of Quercy, fromerly Captain at Arms in the service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. by LACOMBE, Jean de - 1937

Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Hardback, cloth spine, Batik covered boards. 32 x 20cm. 209pp, [1]. Maps on end-papers, illustrations. Number 50 of 300 copies. Rubbed to extremities, with some peeling of frabric to front board. Inside some spotting to first and last few pages, and occasionally to margins. Good only. . Hard Cover. Good.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press. Very Good. 1937. Limited Edition. Cloth. Number 41 of 300 copies. Some chipping and wear to the spine but batik cloth boards bright and fine. Interior bright and fine. Lovely map endpapers from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Printed by Christopher and Anthony Sanford and Owen Rutter in Perpetua type on handmade paper ; Text published for the first time from the Bordeaux manuscript of 1681, translated by Stephanie and Denis Clark. Introduction and notes by Ashley Gibson. Contemporary engravings reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse, Amsterdam 1676. Includes a facsimile of Lancombe's manuscript. Lancombe details his travels to Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Ternat, Nambonne, Gounong Apy, Siam, Moluccas, and China, providing interesting observations and insights to modern day readers; Small Folio .

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. First Thus. Limited: # 86 of 300 copies. Black cloth spine, batik covered boards. Printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schouten's Oost-Indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as end papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. Bookplate of Herbert Eberhard Hering, a noted German-Brazilian bibliophile and book collector, appears on the inside front paste down. The black spine has a little nicking to the top and tail of the spine. Overall in good, clean condition though. Internally clean with a few foxing spots only. Text in English. 320 x 200 mm (12½ x 7¾ inches).

London, Golden Cockerel Press 1937.. c. 208pp. 4to. Original cloth backed decorative cloth covered boards, slight wear to extremities. Map endpapers, black and white plates. Some scattered foxing. A very good copy.. Lmited edition 300 copies.

London: Printed and Published in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Number 86 of 300 copies printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as endsheets are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Brown coth spine and batik cloth. Fine. Number 86 of 300 copies printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as endsheets are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Pertelote 130