[HINDUSTANI].

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in the Hindustani language. Translated from the Greek, by the Calcutta Baptist missionaries with native assistants. Calcutta, The Baptist Mission Press, 1844.

. Pp. (vi), 720. Text in Hindustani or Urdu written in Perso-Arabic script. Including title in English. Contemporary panelled calf, flat spine ruled in gilt and with title lables, somewhat rubbed, corners worn, small repair to front cover. Stamp on title. Reprint of the 1839 edition translated by William Yates. Darlow & Moule 5299.

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Book number: 42023

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, pakistan, hindustan, hindustani, urdu, language, langue, linguistic, bible, biblia, asia , asie, asien, asiatic

PAQUIER, JEAN BAPTISTE:

PAQUIER, JEAN BAPTISTE: Le Pamir. Étude de géographie physique et historique sur l'Asie Centrale. Paris 1876.

. Pp. viii, 218, (1) errata. With five folding maps. As issued in original printed wrappers, faded, frayed along edges. Some minor staining throughout. First edition of this historical account of Central Asia from the explorations of the first Buddhist pilgrims and Marco Polo until the time of the conquest. The maps depict: 1. the ancient Pamir; 2. the travels of Hiuen-Tsang and Marco Polo from the 8th to 13th century; 3. the travels of Benedict de Goes 1603, John Wood 1838 and the Mirza 1868-69; 4. the British and Russian discoveries between 1860-75 and; 5. and again up to 1878.

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Book number: 100526

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, afghanistan, kirgistan, pakistan, china, chine, pakistane, tagikistan, tajikistan, persian, russia, travel, exploration, pamir,

UJFALVY, KARL EUGEN VON:

Aus dem westlichen Himalaja. Erlebnisse und Forschungen. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1884.

. Pp. xxiv, 330. With five maps (of which four folding in colour), twenty plates, four folding tables and 102 illustrations in the text. Publisher's pictorial red cloth richly gilt. A beautiful copy of the first edition. A narrative of a scientific expedition in the Karakoram mountain range and the Baltoro glacier in 1881 by Karl Eugen von Ujfalvy, an Hungarian - Austrian linguist. He visited Srinagar, Baltistan, and Dardistan. It's mainly an anthropological treatise describing the inhabitants along the journey, and their customs, language, religion, commerce, industries, art and culture, etc. Aschoff 1944. Yakushi (1984) U08.

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Book number: 99760

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, himlaya, himlaja, pakistan, kashmir, india, karakoram, Little Tibet, afghanistan, mongolia, asia, asien, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage,