An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island by John Davy, published in 1821, is one of the most important early first-hand British accounts of Kandyan Ceylon following the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815. Written during Davy’s service as a medical officer in Ceylon between 1816 and 1820, the work provides detailed observations on the island’s geography, natural history, political structure, religion, customs, literature, and daily life based on direct interactions with Kandyan chiefs, Buddhist monks, and local scholars.
 
This first edition features a colour aquatint frontispiece, 13 plates, a folding map, and engraved illustrations, making it both a historically significant reference and a desirable collectible for scholars of Sri Lankan history, colonial travel literature, and early ethnographic studies.
 
A highly collectible early 19th-century Ceylon title, this work is especially sought after by collectors of antiquarian books, travel narratives, and Sri Lankan heritage material.