[SCHNITZKER (SCHNITSCHER), JOHAN CHRISTOPHER]:

Berättelse om Ajuckiniska Calmuckiet, eller om detta folkets ursprung, huru de kommit under ryssarnas lydno, deras gudar, gudsdyrkan och prester, huru de stiftas uti 4 uluffer eller folkhopar, deras politique och philosophie, med flera deras lefwernes sätt och seder så wid bröllop som begrafningar. Stockholm, Lars Salvius, 1744.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (x), 68. Modern half vellum on marbled paper boards, title label on upper cover. Rare first edition. Contains the first printed ethnographic description of the land of the Kalmycks. Schnitzker, a Swedish-born captain in the Russian army, accompanied a Chinese embassy to Kalmyk Aiuk Khan in 1714. His extensive account of the Kalmyks contains information about the life, customs and beliefs of the people, as well as on the Russo-Kalmyk and Russo-Chinese relations at the time. Includes notes by Johan Gustaf Renat, an officer who lived in the area for 17 years. Printed by Lars Salvius and with a preface by him. A German translation was published in 1760 and an abridged Russian edition appeared in 1764. Cordier BS 637. Jarring (1981) pp 69-70. Löwendahl 430.

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[CEYLON].

A Catalogue of Books Sold by H.W. Cave & Co., Amen Corner, Colombo (early 20th century ).

. Pp. (iv), 71. Sewn, original wrappers, chipped. With annotations in pencil. Pages 31-36 comprises a list of "books on Ceylon, new and old".

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[PAULINUS A S. BARTHOLOMAEO, [WERDIN, JOHANN PHILIP]:

Centum Adagia Malabarica, cum textu originali et versione latina nunc primum in lucem edita. Rome, Antonium Fulgonium, 1791.

. 4to. Pp. 12. With woodcut vignette on title. Parallel text of Malayalam and Latin. Attractive contemporary patterned wrappers. First edition of this Latin translation of Malayalam proverbs. Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands and Pondicherry in India. Johann Philipp Werdin was an Austrian Carmelite missionary who spent fourteen years in India. He mastered many languages and was one of the first to discover the similarity between Sanskrit and Indo-European languages. Rare.

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[HINDUSTANI].

Gramatica Indostana a mais vulgar que se practica no Imperio do gram Mogol. Offerecida aos muitos reverendos padres missionarios do ditto imperio. Roma, Propaganda Fide, 1778.

. Pp. 136, (2) + last leaf blank. Portuguese and Romanized Urdu text. Woodcut vignette on title and a few more. Small wormhole in one leaf (pp. 5/6). A crisp, uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. First edition of a Jesuit study of the Hindustani language prepared for the use of Portuguese missionaries working in northern India. Includes an extensive vocabulary.

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[LAET, JOANNES DE] (Editor):

De Imperio Magni Mogolis, sive, India vera commentarius e variis auctoribus congestus. Lugd. Bat., Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1631.

. 16mo. Pp. (xii), 299, index (16). Including an engraved title by Duysend and one woodcut in the text. Contemporary vellum. Copy of Ericsberg. First edition, second issue. Joannes De Laet (1593-1649), a Flemish naturalist and geographer, was Director of the Dutch West Indies Company. This work was compiled from various sources including previously unpublished material in the VOC archives. It is a valuable description of India, especially interesting for the northwestern parts, and it is probably the first attempt to provide a systematic account of the Mughal Empire for Western readers. Berghman 1918. Willems 354.

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[CEYLON / TEA]

Manuel et catalogue officiels de la section de Ceylan. L'exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900. Colombo, George J.A. Skeen, Imprimerie Nationale, Ceylan, 1900.

. Pp. xxiv, 166. With photogravure frontispiece (after a photo by Henry Cave), two colour lithographic maps, twenty-four plates after photos, numerous illustrations in the text. Original pictorial wrappers, green cloth spine, inside covers illustrated.Attractive and informative guide to the Ceylon Pavilion at the Paris World Fair of 1900. Contains information about the government, agriculture, exports, society, art and natural history, photography, etc. One chapter is devoted to the tea industry in the country. Lavishly illustrated. Rare.

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ADELUNG, FRIEDRICH:

Bibliotheca sanscrita. Literatur der Sanskrit-sprache. St.Petersburg, Karl Kray, 1837.

. Pp. (ii), xxii, 430. Contemporary marbled boards, gilt spine with title label, some light wear to extremities. With stamps of previous owners (Hans Böniger, Nartin Bodmer and Hans Peter Kraus). Second edition (first 1830), enlarged by 1300 entries. An early bibliography of works relating to Sanskrit literature. Adelung, a renowned philologist and historian and director of the St Petersburg Oriental Institute from 1824. Besterman 5571. Vater p. 330.

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[HINDUSTANI] AMADUZZI, GIOVANNI CRISTOFORO (Ed.):

Alphabetum brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis Kasi. Romae, Typis Sac. Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1771.

. Pp. (xx), 152. Engraved vignette on title. Text in Hindi with interlinear Latin text. Old half green morocco, flat gilt spine. First edition of an important type specimen of the Hindustani language. It contains the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary and the Apostles' Creed and deals with the language and script used at the University of Kas’ or Benares, in the Indian province of Bihar. The script is rendered in Kaithi characters, a more current form of the Nagari characters, and was written by Cassianus da Macerata Beligatti (1708-91). The types were cut already at the start of the Propaganda Press but not used until a century later. They were first displayed in Georgius' "Alphabetum Tibetanum" of 1759. Birrel & Garnett 12. Updike, Printing Types I, (1951), pp 181-3. Smitskamp PO 206.

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Book number: 13122

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BALLANTYNE, JAMES ROBERT:

Elements of Hindi and Braj Bhakha Grammar. Compiled for the use of the East-India College at Haileybury. London, J. L. Cox and Sons, 1839.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 38, (1) and one engraved plate. Original cloth, spine chipped, front hinge split, printed title label on upper cover. Label (Benjamin Duprat) on front paste down. First edition of a rare work. Braj Bhakh (or Braj Bhasha) language is a Western Hindi language. It was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before the switch to literary Hindustani in the 19th century. A great deal of the Hindi literature was developed in the Braj in the medieval period, and much devotional poetry is in this language. Ballantyne, Scottish-born orientalist who was superintendent of the Sanskrit College in Benares (Varanasi) 1845-61. He published several grammars of different Indian languages. Vater p. 165.

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BENFEY, THEODOR:

Handbuch der Sanskritsprache. Zum Gebrauch Vorlesungen und zum Selbstudium. 1-2:I-II. Three parts in two volumes. Leipzig 1852-54.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. xii, 450; vi, (2), 7-330 with text in Sanskrit; pp. (iv), 374. With 7 large folding plates. Contemporary half calf, spines with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, edges rubbed. Contains: 1. "Vollständige Grammatik der Sanskritsprache" and 2. "Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken; I. Text, Anmerkungen, Metra"; II: "Glossar". Zenker BO ii, 2799 & 3023. Thonnelier 1489.

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Book number: 13118

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BERGSTEDT, KARL FREDRIK (Translator):

Metriska öfversättningar från sanscrit. Dissertations i-ix in one volume. Upsala, Wickström & låstbom, 1845.

. Pp. (xx) including individual titles, xvi, 127, (1). Later marbled boards, calf spine lettered in gilt, top and bottom of spine chipped. Bookplate (Erik Österlund). Contains translations from Mahabaratha, Ramajana, Laws of Manu and Fables of Hitopadesa. Marklin 13-14.

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Book number: 34075

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BERGSTEDT, KARL FREDRIK (Translator):

Sávitrî, En episod ur den indiska epopéen Mahá-bhárata. Från sanskrit-texten metriskt öfversatt jemte inledning och anmärkningar. Dissertations. Five parts in one volume. Upsala 1844.

. Pp. (ii), x; (iv), 3-14; (ii), 15-22; (ii), 23-30; (ii), 31-44. Disbound. Some minor maginal browning. Marklin 14.

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Book number: 34082

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BERGSTEDT, KARL FREDRIK (Translator):

Sávitrî. En episod ur den indiska epopéen Mahá-bhárata. Från sanskrit-texten i svensk metriskt öfversättning jemte inledning och anmärkningar. Upsala 1844.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), x, 44. As issued in original printed wrappers, chipped around edges, spine restored. First Swedish translation of the famous Indian tale about the princess Savitri found in the ancient epics Mahabharata. Marklin 14. Zenker BO i, 3214.

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BESCHI, CONSTANZO GIUSEPPE:

A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is Added an Introduction to Tamil Poetry. Translated from the original Latin, by Benjamin Guy Babington. Madras, The College Press, 1822.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), xii, 117 + 5 content. Wide margins. Contemporary calf, blind-stamped border on the covers, spine gilt with red title label, rubbed, hinges starting. Library markings on front endpapers. (C.M.S.) Some leaves with small marginal wormholes (no text loss). Occasionally some light staining. Rare first printed edition, translated into English from the original Latin completed in manuscript form about 100 years earlier but not printed at that time. Beschi was born in Italy in 1680 but spent most of his life as a Jesuit missionary in India. He was the founder of the Madura mission and became one of the earliest and most distinguished pioneers in the field of Tamil studies. He composed several linguistic works but is probably best known as a Tamil poet. He produced a grammar of Low Tamil (the common dialect) in Latin which was printed at Tranquebar in 1728. The present grammar of Shen-Tamil (the high dialect) was composed the following year, but for an unknown reason was never printed. This English version, from the original Latin, is based on a compilation of texts, transcriptions and more. It remains a pioneering study of an old and complex language by a sensitive and meticulous scholar and a talented translator. The translator Benjamin Guy Babington was an English physician and Oriental scholar who spent about ten years in India. Vater p. 240.

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BIRDWOOD, GEORGE:

Indiens konstslöjd. En kortfattad skildring. På svenska utgifven af Hans Hildebrand. Stockholm, Central-Tryckeriet, 1882.

. Pp. (iv), 130. With one double page map and 55 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers, a few stains on upper cover. A Swedish edition partly based on Birdwood's larger work "The Industral Arts of India". This work was first published in German in connection with an Indian exhibition at Berlin in 1881. Afterwards the Indian artefacts were sent to Stockholm where they were exhibited.

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Book number: 99429

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