Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: The Lands Below the Winds

Pp. xvi, 275; 47 black-and-white text-figures (mostly halftones). Publisher's original tan cloth, lettered in green, in original pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. During the period, 1450-1680, Southeast Asia experienced an increase in international trade and monetization, the rise of great cities with the formation of new states and cultures around them. Volume 1, offered here, documents the origin of these trends (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks and no signs of use.