GESTRICH, JON. SAM. & BERGGREN, GUSTAV:

Dissertatio de Gange fluvio. Parts I-II. Lund (1804).

. 4to. Pp. 18. Uncut copy. Unbound. Scarce dissertation on the river Ganges.

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GRANDPRÉ, LOUIS MARIE JOSEPH O'HIER COMTE DE:

A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790: Containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale; the character and arts of the people of India; with some remarkable religious rites of the inhabitants of Bengal. To which is added, a Voyage in the Red Sea; including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen; ... Two volumes in one. London 1803.

. Pp. (ii), 273, (1); (ii), 303. With six engraved plates, of which two large folding views of Fort William and the monument Black-hole in Calcutta. Without half titles. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt dentelles on covers, spine richly gilt in compartments and with red title label, spine rubbed, skillfully rebacked with original spine preserved. Bookplate. First English edition translated from the French original (Paris 1801). The French naval officer Grandpré started his voyage from ële de France (Mauritius) and travelled via the Maldives to the Seychelles, India, Cochin China, Yemen and Ceylon. His informative account describes the customs of the people along the route, commerce and navigation, religious rites and the Arabic influence in India. Grandpré was also very concerned about European influence in the area, particularly regarding the French in Pondichery, India. The section on the Red Sea and Yemen contains information on the cultivation, customs and trade of coffee. Chadenat 555. Hünersdorff, Coffee Bibliography, i, p. 600.

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Book number: 44032

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GRIERSON, GEORGE ABRAHAM:

Bih‹r Peasant Life, being a Discursive Catalogue of the Surroundings of the People of that Province. Prepared under Orders of the Government of Bengal. Calcutta, the Bengal Secretariat Press, 1885.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 4, (2), 7, vi, 428, appendix xvii, index clv. With one coloured map as frontispiece, 39 full page lithographed plates and many illustrations in the text after photographs taken by the author. Original blue cloth, spine ends chipped and part of upper hinge split. Ex. museum library copy. With old inscription on title by Reinhold Rost (German Orientalist, chief librarian at the India Office). First edition. A comprehensive dictionary listing and explaining names and words connected with rural life in Bihar, a state in eastern India. It covers in detail agriculture, animal husbandry, housing, clothing, trade and money-dealing, etc. The Bihar words are given in native characters with English transliteration.Grierson was an Irish-born linguist who served for many years in British India. He would eventually become Magistrate and Collector at Patna and, later, Opium Agent for Bihar. He was appointed Superintendent of the newly formed Linguistic survey of India and moved to England "for convenience of consulting European libraries and scholars".

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Book number: 100347

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GRIERSON, GEORGE ABRAHAM:

An Introduction to the Maithil’ Language of North Bihâr Containing Grammar, Chrestomathy & Vocabulary. Parts I-II. Two volumes. Calcutta, Asiatic Society, 1881-2.

. Pp. (ii), viii, 114, two appendices, errata lvs. 3; pp. (iv), 267. Modern boards. First edition of the first grammar and vocabulary of the Maithili language, a distinct Indo-Aryan language spoken by the inhabitants of Bihar in Eastern India and the Tarai districts of Nepal. Prior to Grierson's work Maithili was thought to be simply a corrupt form of Hindi. Grierson was an Irish-born linguist who served for many years in British India. He published numerous studies in the journals of learned associations and became Superintendent of the monumental Linguistic survey of India founded in 1894. These two parts were published as extra numbers to the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, parts one and two. (1880 and 1882). Not in Vater.

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Book number: 120926

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HAMILTON, ROBERT-CLIFTON:

An Outline Grammar of the Dafla Language as Spoken by the Tribes immediately South of the Apa Tanang Country. Shillong, The Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1900.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 6, 127, (1). Small damage to upper right corner in parts (no loss). Original blue printed boards, cloth spine. Presentation copy to Ralph Lilley Turner (British Orientalist and linguist). First edition of a grammar of the Dafla or Nishi language. This is a Tibetan-Burman language spoken by groups in Assam on the North-East frontier of British India. The author describes the Eastern rather than the Western dialect of the Dafla language. A limited edition of 300 copies.

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Book number: 120642

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HARKNESS, HENRY:

A Description of a Singular Aboriginal Race Inhabiting the Summit of the Neilgherry Hills, or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, in the Southern Peninsula of India. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832.

. Pp. viii, 176. With engraved frontispiece and three beautiful engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, marbled edges, worn and hinges starting to split. Internally clean and crisp. Copy of Signet Library, with gilt crest on covers. First edition, scarce. A narrative of the Nilgiri Mountains (or Blue Mountains), bordering the Karnataka Plateau and the states of Kerala in southern India. It's a mountainous region that was unknown to the British until 1818, but later became their favourite summer and weekend getaway.

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Book number: 40004

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HEBER, REGINALD:

Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (With Notes upon Ceylon). An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India. Second edition. Three volumes. London, J. Murray, 1828.

. Pp. lxvii, (1), 450; (viii), 564; (viii), 527, (1), viii. With 28 engraved plates. Uncut copy in contemporary boards, cloth spines (slightly faded) with title labels. Old ownership signature on titles. Reverend Heber, the Bishop of Calcutta, first arrived in India in 1823. He travelled extensively around the country for some years and died in Madras in 1826. His work contains valuable information about the people and culture of India at this time. It's based on letters and diary entries and was published posthumously by his widow Amalia Heber. First published in quarto in the same year (1828). Occasionally some minor staining but overall a crisp, good copy. "A highly valuable, interesting and most delightful work" (Lowndes ii, p. 1030). Riddick 123.

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Book number: 32051

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HEDIN, SVEN:

Transhimalaya. Upptäckter och äfventyr i Tibet. Original parts in three volumes. Stockholm 1909-12.

. As issued in parts in 19 original wrappers. Spine to one wrapper torn and one wrapper chipped. As issued loose in publisher's pictorial red cloth (three volumes), spines faded. Pp. (xx), 665, (3); 593, (3); 591, (8). With ten maps, mostly folding and coloured, and more than 100 full page or double page plates, of which several in colour. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. First edition of Hedin's narrative of his expedition to Tibet in 1906-1908. He surveyed the mountains north of the upper Brahmaputra which he called the Transhimalaya. Hess p. 23.

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Book number: 100252

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HEDIN, SVEN, etc.:

De vetenskapliga resultaten av våra expeditioner i Central Asien och Tibet 1927-1935. Särtryck ur Ymer 1935, häfte 4. Stockholm 1935.

. Pp. 289- 338. With one folding coloured map and illustrations in the text. Contains short reports about the scientific results of the Sino-Swedish expedition 1925-35 by various scientists who participated. (Offprint from Ymer). Contains: Geological report by Erik Norin, G. Bexell and Nils G. Hörner; topographical and astronomical by Nils Ambolt; meteorological by Waldemar Halde; botanical and zoological by David Hummel; ethnographical and religious historical by Gösta Montell; music and folklore by Henning Haslund-Christensen; archaeological by T.J. Arne.

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Book number: 100301

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HESSLER, FRANZ (Transl.):

Susrutas. Ayurvédas. Id est Medicae Systema a venerabili d'Hanvantare demonstratum, a Susruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanskrita in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit. Three volumes in one. Erlangen, Ferdinand Enke, 1844-50.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. viii, (iv), 206, (2); viii, 248, two tables, (1); vi, 186, (1). With Latin text. Some foxing. Contemporary green cloth, ruled in gilt, marbled edges, lightly rubbed. This is the first Western translation of the Susruta Samhitá, which is one of the most important ancient medical treatises, and considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. Susruta was an Indian physician and is recognised as the father of Indian surgery. Includes a Sanskrit - Latin index of plants and trees. Two more parts titled "fasciculi" comprising comments and annotations were published in 1852 and 1855. Susruta Samhit‹ is an encyclopaedia of medical learning and includes the earliest description of plastic surgery. The complete version comprises 184 chapters with descriptions of over 1000 illnesses, 700 medical plants, 127 surgical instruments, etc. The first complete English translation was published in 1907 at Calcutta. Ref. Garrison & Morton, no. 11.

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Book number: 120760

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HODSON, THOMAS:

An Elementary Grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese Language; in which every word used in the examples is translated, and a pronunciation is given in English Characters. Bangalore, the Wesleyan Mission Press, 1864.

. Pp. (viii), 128. Later wrappers. Some browning. Second corrected and enlarged edition (first 1859). Thomas Hodson (1804-82) was a Wesleyan missionary who served in India for many years. He was an linguist, fluent in Tamil and Bengali, and a Kannada scholar. Kannada is a member of the Dravidian language family and the official language of the state of Karnataka in southern India. Not in Vater.

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Book number: 121315

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HORNSTETT, MRS. / MAYNARD DR. (Editor):

Upproret i Indien år 1857, med dess styggelser af mord, brand och våldsbragder. Berättade af en engelsk Lady, som med lifvet undkommit från dessa skräckscener, och upptecknade af Dr. Maynard. Stockholm 1858.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 171. Old half cloth. St.ot. A Swedish translation from the English dealing with an English Lady's tragic experiences in India during the rebellions in 1857.

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Book number: 20073

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HUNTER, DARD:

Papermaking by Hand in India. New York, Pynson Printers, 1939.

. Large 4to. Pp. 129 + two leaves. Uncut. With 84 illustrations made from photographs and 27 samples of various papers. The plates are printed by Photogravure & Color Co. and the binding by Gerhard Gerlach. Original hand-blocked India print cotton binding, black calf spine lettered in gilt, foot of spine chipped. Original cardboard folder with edge wear. Housed in a modern cloth box. First edition limited to 370 copies, of which this is no. 305. Signed by Hunter and the publisher Elmer Adler. A thorough study of handmade papers from various Indian provinces. The author visited Kashmir, Sailkot, Delhi, Agra, Kalpi, Wardha, Hyderabad and Dacca. Includes sections on early writing materials, papermaking materials and moulds.

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Book number: 120286

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INDIA. PALMBLAD, VILHELM FREDRIK (EDITOR):

Handbok i physiska och politiska, äldre och nyare geographien. III:1-2. Indien. Upsala 1832-33.

. Pp. (iv), 368; ii, 369-784, xviii. Sewn as issued, entirely uncut in original wrappers, worn. Holmberg pp. 99-100.

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Book number: 27031

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