The Spice Route / John Keay Keay, John (1941-)

Fine copy in the original, elaborately gilt-blocked, decorated silk, with an illustrated slipcase. The classic Folio Society design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with a tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Physical description; xi, 302 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm. Notes; Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Before the fall -- On the origin of 'species' -- Frankincense and cinnamon -- Hippalos and the passage across -- Land of the luminous carbuncle -- Insects on splinters -- The world-travellers -- East to west -- Christians and spices -- Peppered ports and curried friar -- Pacific approaches -- Blue water -- Infected by spices -- Epilogue: outsold and outsourced. Subjects; Spice trade History. Spices History. Trade routes History. Spice trade In art. Asia, Southeastern Description and travel. India Description and travel. 1 Kg.