[First Edition] The Land of the Great Image: Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan (First Edition) COLLIS, Maurice [Used - Near fine]

[First Edition] The Land of the Great Image: Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan (First Edition) COLLIS, Maurice [Used - Near fine]
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Product Description

First edition (Mcmxliii).
Octavo (8vo).
Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine.
266 pages.
Complete with the original folding maps and black and white illustrations.
A fascinating historical account of the travels of the 17th-century Augustinian Friar Sebastien Manrique, covering the Portuguese presence in Goa and the ancient Kingdom of Arakan (Burma).
Condition Report: The cloth is slightly sunned on the spine and shows minor wear at the extremities.
Internally clean and tight.
Notable provenance: signed by a previous owner on the title page (dated Oct.
1944) with a vintage bookseller label from "Livraria Sá da Costa, Lisboa" on the front pastedown.
A very decent copy of this classic of Asian history and travel.

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