Arnold, Sir Edwin - The Light Of Asia Or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being The Life And Teaching Of Gautama Prince Of India And Founder Of Buddhism - As Told In Verse By An Indian Buddhist

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1930, reprint. Green morocco, VG. xiv+157pp, b/w frontis & 11 b/w plates ( each a photogravure from a photograph taken by Lady Eardley Wilmot ), top edge gilt, spine rather sunned, otherwise a nice, attractive copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Poetical verse, which Arnold wrote as a biography of Gautama. It was upon the teachinsg & sayings of Gautama that Buddhism was founded. Sir Edwin Arnold [ 1832 - 1904 ] English poet and journalist who's reputation rests upon this work alone. First published in 1879, it did much to popularize Buddhism in the West.