[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. CRAWFURD, John (1783-1868). History of the Indian Archipelago. Containing an Account of the Manners, Arts, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable et al, 1820.

3 volumes, 8vo (210 x 127 mm). Half-titles;
34 engraved plates including frontispieces by W.H. Lizars (one hand-colored), engraved folding map outlined in color. (Offsetting to text from plates. Modern cloth-backed boards.

FIRST EDITION. John Crawfurd was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator and diplomat who spent the majority of his career working in East Asia and India, primarily in what is now Indonesia. Brunet II:411; Cordier 1109; Lowndes, p.552.

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas