Sri Lanka.- Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, in the East-Indies: together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author and Divers other Englishmen now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape, first edition, title within double-ruled woodcut border, engraved folding map and 15 plates, license f. before title, without the portrait (as usual), advertisement f. at end, B1 with old paper tab tipped onto fore-edge, very occasional light damp-staining to lower corners, the odd spot, bookplate to title verso, contemporary calf, joints splitting at ends, corners bumped, rubbed, [Wing K742], folio, by Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681. ⁂ The first account of Ceylon in English, and one of the sources for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. While sailing for Persia in 1658, Knox's ship lost its mast in a storm and was forced to put ashore on Ceylon. Knox, along with his elder brother and crew, was captured by King Rajasinha II of Kandy and refused permission to leave the kingdom. Knox and a companion eventually escaped after 19 years of captivity and fled to a Dutch fort on the north of the island. Provenance: Charles Viscount Bruce (armorial bookplate).
Sri Lanka.- Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, in the East-Indies: together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author and Divers other Englishmen now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape, first edition, title within double-ruled woodcut border, engraved folding map and 15 plates, license f. before title, without the portrait (as usual), advertisement f. at end, B1 with old paper tab tipped onto fore-edge, very occasional light damp-staining to lower corners, the odd spot, bookplate to title verso, contemporary calf, joints splitting at ends, corners bumped, rubbed, [Wing K742], folio, by Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681. ⁂ The first account of Ceylon in English, and one of the sources for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. While sailing for Persia in 1658, Knox's ship lost its mast in a storm and was forced to put ashore on Ceylon. Knox, along with his elder brother and crew, was captured by King Rajasinha II of Kandy and refused permission to leave the kingdom. Knox and a companion eventually escaped after 19 years of captivity and fled to a Dutch fort on the north of the island. Provenance: Charles Viscount Bruce (armorial bookplate).
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