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[TRAVEL] KNOX, ROBERT. An historical relation of the island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: together, with an account of the detain... London: printed by Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, 1681. First edition. Period calf rebacked, all edges sprinkled, housed in a clamshell case. 12 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (32 x 20 cm); [24-including license and title], 189, [3-including ad] pp., with folding map and fourteen (of fifteen) plates, lacking the plate of trap-fishing opposite page 28. Rebacked, binding worn, portion of margin of one plate torn away, some restorations and other defects. C