Jan Huygen van Linschoten and the moral map of Asia
Subtitle: the plates and text of the Itinerario and Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium
By: with a study by Ernst van den Boogaart.
Contributors: Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611.; Boogaart, Ernst van den.; Roxburghe Club.
Publisher: Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, -- 1563-1611.; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.; Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Asia -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.; Asia -- Moral conditions -- History -- 16th century.; Asia -- Moral conditions -- History -- 17th century.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium.
Work titles: Itinerario.
Notes: Thirty plates from the Itinerario were issued separately under the title: Icones, habitus gestusque indorum ac lusitanorum per Indiam viventium ... (Amstelreodami: Apud Cornelium Nicolai, 1604).

300 copies printed, of which 140 are for sale (40 special in half morocco; 100 ordinary in buckram).

Presented to members of the Roxburghe Club by H. F. Oppenheimer.

Facsimile reproduction of the Icones housed in pocket on inside back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.