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[ZIEGENBALG, BARTHOLOMAEUS & GRÜNDLER, JOHANN ERNST]: Thirty Four Conferences Between the Danish Missionaries and the Malabarian Bramans (or Heathen Priests) in the East Indies, Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion: Together with Some Letters Written by the Heathens to the Said Missionaries.
Translated out of High Dutch by Mr. Phillips. London, H. Clemens, 1719. Pp. (vi), xxii, (ii), 352. partly with some light marginal staining. Brown morocco. First English edition of the famous account by two German missionaries about their religious discussions in Tranquebar with Hindu heathens. Ziegenbalg and Gründler, German Lutherans, spent many years as missionaries in Tranquebar, a small Danish colony on the south-east coast of India. Mission stations were found in Srirangam, Tanjore, Madura, Kanchi, Chidambram and Tirupathi. The missionaries travelled around, established contacts with the Brahmanas, and held 54 conversations with them. The conversations were recorded, sent to Halle where they were published from 1715 onwards. Also a large number of letters with different questions were sent to a selection of Hindus Brahmanas and non-Brahmanas. The answers to the questions were translated into German and forwarded to Halle. Ziegenbalg became fluent in Tamil. A.o. he compiled a Tamil grammar, translated the Bible into Tamil and he translated Tamil literature for the first time into an European language.
Offered for EUR 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1894.80 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 99418
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