De Bry Petits Voyages part 8 - Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien - Contemporary vellum binding with ties and handwritten title - Thailand

"Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien"

- Part 8 of De Bry's Petits Voyages 

- Published in Frankfurt  by Wolfgang Richter

- 1606

- Quarto format - 31 x 21cm

- Original vellum binding with ornate handwritten title and original ties, Religious manuscript binding waste revealed on inner back cover

- Complete - Illustrated title page, [2], 100 , letterpress title page, 11 (of 11) plates. Without the appendix

- Good condition, some toning to pages

This important travel work covers early Dutch travel to the East Indies, including those by Jacob von Neck and Herman von Bree. The accounts include early voyages to Annabon, off the coast of Africa, Pattani, in Modern day Thailand, and Batticaloa in Sri Lanka.

Full title : "Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien, begreiffend erstlich ein historische Beschreibung der Schiffart, so der Admiral Jacob von Neck auß Hollandt in die Orientalische Indien von Ann. 1600 biß An. 1603 gethan. Darnach ein Historia, so von Johan Herman von Bree ... in gleichmessiger Reyse von An. 1602 biß in An. 1604 auffgezeichnet worden"