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Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia : the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium
by Linschoten, J.H. van ; Boogaart, E. van den ; Roxburghe Club
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Two potentially special features of this copy are : (1) In the List of Members Harry Oppenheimer's name is printed in red, w
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1999. Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale. Elephant folio, navy blue quarter morocco Roxburghe binding with vellum corners, 64 cm,. xiii, 282 pp, portrait and 42 colour plates, together with a separate 32 page monochrome facsimile booklet of the "Icones" housed in a pocket on the inside back cover (as issued). A vast volume - the largest Roxburghe Club book - containing the text of the English translation of the Itinerario published in London by John Wolfe, 1598, and with a facsimile of:Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium ... (Amstelreodami: Apud Cornelium Nicolai, 1604). The copies for sale comprised (A) 40 specials numbered I-XL bound in quarter-morocco and with an extra portfolio set of 40 plates; and (B) 120 ordinary copies numbered 1-120 bound in buckram without the extra plates. This copy - one of the not-for -sale 140 - falls somewhere between the two, having the special quarter-morocco binding but not the extra plates. Two potentially special features of this copy are : (1) In the List of Members Harry Oppenheimer's name is printed in red, which would ordinarily indicate that this was his own member's copy - particularly pleasing as it was he who presented the work to the Roxburghe Club, making this not only a member's copy but the presentor's copy. Given the relatively high number of not-for-sale copies (140) however, we wonder whether others among them might perhaps have the same red-printed Oppenheimer name? (2) The other somewhat unusual feature is that the attractive quarter-morocco binding is here presented in navy blue- we are aware of other copies in the normal Roxburghe maroon. So perhaps this was indeed a specially prepared copy for Oppenheimer himself. Top edge of textblock faintly spotted, foot of spine bumped, otherwise Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-50095
- Title
- Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia : the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium
- Author
- Linschoten, J.H. van ; Boogaart, E. van den ; Roxburghe Club
- Format/Binding
- Elephant folio, navy blue quarter morocco Roxburghe binding with vellum corners, 64 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Two potentially special features of this copy are : (1) In the List of Members Harry Oppenheimer's name is printed in red, w
- Edition
- Edition of 300 copies of which 160 were for sale
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1999
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- xiii, 282 pp, portrait and 42 colour plates, together with a separate 32 page monochrome facsimile booklet of the "Icones&
- Keywords
- Linschoten, Jan Huygen van Boogaart, Ernst van den Roxburghe, Club Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611 - Journeys - East Asia. Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611. - Itinerario. English. Ethics - Asia - History - 16th century. Ethics - Asia - History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roxburghe Club;
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
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