NON-EXPORTABLE
TITLE: An Account of the Island of Ceylon
SUB TITLE: Containing its history, geography, natural history with the manners and customs of its various inhabitants; to which is added, the journal of an embassy to the court of Candy.
AUTHOR: Percival Robert, Esq.
PUBLISHER: C. and R. Baldwin
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1803
NO.OF PAGES: xii + 420 pages including 3 folding charts, large folding map
BINDING: Original leather bound with decorative gilted spine
SIZE:27.5 x 22.5 x 3 cm
A fine copy of Percival's account of his three-year stay in Ceylon, which began in 1797. He describes
the country prior to British rule, outlining manners, customs, climate, industry, etc. Brunet IV: 489.
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