FRYKE, Christopher (b.1650) and Christopher SCHEWITZER. A Relation of Two several Voyages Made into the East-Indies... containing an exact account of the Customs, Dispositions, Manners, Religion, &c. of the several Kingdoms and Dominions in those Parts of the World in General : But in a more particular manner, Describing those Countries which are under the Power and Government of the Dutch. London: For Printed [sic] D. Brown, et al, 1700.
FRYKE, Christopher (b.1650) and Christopher SCHEWITZER. A Relation of Two several Voyages Made into the East-Indies... containing an exact account of the Customs, Dispositions, Manners, Religion, &c. of the several Kingdoms and Dominions in those Parts of the World in General : But in a more particular manner, Describing those Countries which are under the Power and Government of the Dutch. London: For Printed [sic] D. Brown, et al, 1700. 8 o (104 x 120 mm). Title-page within double-rule border, last leaf with list of "Books lately printed." (Clean tear to F2 crossing text.) Early calf (spine darkened, joints starting, corners a bit worn). Provenance : Thomas Cartwright of Aynho in Northhampton (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated from the Dutch. Fryke, a surgeon with the Dutch East-India Company, furnishes a detailed account of his voyages (from 1680-1686) around the flourishing Dutch settlements in the East Indies, including Batavia, Java (with an account of the fierce battles with the Javaians), Banda, Amboina, as well as Ceylon, Formosa, Japan, Bengal and Siam. Schewitzer's wanderings in the East-Indies spanned 1675 to 1683; he describes in detail Ceylon, the pearl-fisheries and gem mines, plus exotic animals, culminating with his shipwreck and fortunate rescue. Not in Cordier; Cox I, 282; Wing F-2230.
FRYKE, Christopher (b.1650) and Christopher SCHEWITZER. A Relation of Two several Voyages Made into the East-Indies... containing an exact account of the Customs, Dispositions, Manners, Religion, &c. of the several Kingdoms and Dominions in those Parts of the World in General : But in a more particular manner, Describing those Countries which are under the Power and Government of the Dutch. London: For Printed [sic] D. Brown, et al, 1700.
FRYKE, Christopher (b.1650) and Christopher SCHEWITZER. A Relation of Two several Voyages Made into the East-Indies... containing an exact account of the Customs, Dispositions, Manners, Religion, &c. of the several Kingdoms and Dominions in those Parts of the World in General : But in a more particular manner, Describing those Countries which are under the Power and Government of the Dutch. London: For Printed [sic] D. Brown, et al, 1700. 8 o (104 x 120 mm). Title-page within double-rule border, last leaf with list of "Books lately printed." (Clean tear to F2 crossing text.) Early calf (spine darkened, joints starting, corners a bit worn). Provenance : Thomas Cartwright of Aynho in Northhampton (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated from the Dutch. Fryke, a surgeon with the Dutch East-India Company, furnishes a detailed account of his voyages (from 1680-1686) around the flourishing Dutch settlements in the East Indies, including Batavia, Java (with an account of the fierce battles with the Javaians), Banda, Amboina, as well as Ceylon, Formosa, Japan, Bengal and Siam. Schewitzer's wanderings in the East-Indies spanned 1675 to 1683; he describes in detail Ceylon, the pearl-fisheries and gem mines, plus exotic animals, culminating with his shipwreck and fortunate rescue. Not in Cordier; Cox I, 282; Wing F-2230.
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