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"Indiae Orientalis pars septima" - Part 7 De Bry's Petitis Voyages - Sri Lanka and Burma (Myanmar)- Gasparo Balbi / Joris von Spilbergen - 1606

"Indiae Orientalis pars septima" - Part 7 De Bry's Petitis Voyages - Sri Lanka and Burma (Myanmar)- Gasparo Balbi / Joris von Spilbergen - 1606

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"Indiae Orientalis pars septima Icones, hoc est verae variorum populorum et regum, ceremoniarum item, superstitiosorum rituum et rerum aliarum"

Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry and Wolfgang Richter, 1606.

Folio (31 x 20 cm).

TP, Dedication [1]. pp1-126, Letterpress title to plates, Plates 1-22 (Missing plates 18&19 which are supplied in facsimile).

20th Century vellum binding.

Very good condition overall but some toning to pages. Includes a double page folding plates of Kandy and a map Sri Lanka. This is an important early work describing the voyages to Burma (Pegu) and Sri Lanka by Gasparo Balbi and Joris von Spilbergen. Beautifully illustrated with plates by De Bry. 

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