Cloth
1863 · London
by Jordanus, Catalani, Bishop of Columbum [Jordanus of Sererac]. Yule, Henry
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1863. First edition. Cloth. Spine sunned, small chip to head of spine, small tears to heel, otherwise about very good, institutional bookplate to front pastedown, owner's nautical bookplate opposite.. 4, 8, iv, xvii, 68 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 31. The supplementary material includes the 1863 annual report. This is the only work written during the Medieval period that focussed on India and is the first in Europe to mention the Marathi country. Jordanus became Bishop of Quilon in Kerala in 1329. Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica 2019. Cox I: 311. Oaten 264. (Inventory #: 33614)