An historical relation of the island Ceylon, in the East-Indies : together, with an account of the detaining in captivity the author and divers other Englishmen now living there, and of the authors miraculous escape : illustrated with figures, and a map of the island / by Robert Knox, a captive there near twenty years..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720, author.

Contributor:

Chiswell, Richard, printer.

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sri Lanka--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.

Manners and customs.

Travel.

Genre:

Early works.

Booksellers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

Smith, Charles (bookplate) (Kislak Center copy)

Crisp, John (autograph) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

[24], 189, [3] pages, [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, folded map, portraits ; 33 cm (fol.)

Fingerprint:

itat ndhe asthMiga (3) 1681 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681.

Notes:

Signatures: [A]² a⁴ b-d² B-2A⁴ 2B-2C².

Woodcut initial.

Title within border of double rules.

Printed marginalia.

"With initial license-to-print leaf. With final advertisement leaf."--ESTC.

Errata on leaf (d)2v.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Sotherans.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Kislak Center copy has armorial bookplate ("Charles Smith") on front pastedown; autograph ("Jo Crisp") on title leaf.

Kislak Center copy: leaf [A]1 and map each mounted on a blank leaf; occasional damage to gutters of leaves, mended with portions of blank leaves.

Cited in:

ESTC R16598

Wing K742

OCLC:

58847196