Lot 167
Broughton, Thomas Duer (translator)
Selections from the Popular Poetry of the Hindoos
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
London: for John Martin, 1814. 2 copies, first editions, 8vo, one copy in original boards (worn), one in straight-grain red morocco gilt (worn, front inner hinge gone);
[Tamil printing]. The Adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan: a Tale in the Tamul Language: accompanied by a Translation and Vocabulary, together with an Analysis of the First Story. By Benjamin Babington of the Madras Civil Service. London: J. M. Richardson, 1822. First edition, 4to, original boards, rebacked retaining original label, half-title, errata leaf, text in Tamil and English;
[Maistre de La Tour]. The History of Ayder Ali Khan, Nabob-Bahader: or, New Memoirs concerning the East-Indies. With Historical Notes. Dublin: by William Porter for Messrs. Moncrieffe [etc.], 1774 [i.e. 1784]. 12mo, contemporary calf, front board held by one cord only, traces of attempted repair to joint, contents browned [ESTC T94529];
and
Macdonald, John. Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa … by John Macdonald, a Cadet of the Family of Keppoch in Inverness-Shire, who, after the Ruin of his Family in 1745, was thrown when a Child on the Wide World. Dublin: for P. Byrne [etc.], 1791. 12mo, modern leather, spotting and browning [ESTC N46894: 3 copies traced];
Griffith, Ralph T. H. Specimens of Old Indian Poetry. Translated from the Original Sanskrit into English Verse. London: Arthur Hall, 1852. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, engraved bookplate;
and 12 others, Indian philology and similar (these not collated, including: John Beames, Outlines of Indian Philology, 1868, second edition, original cloth, map; John Borthwick Gilchrist, The Stranger's Infallible East-Indian Guide, 1820, third edition; Sir William James, A Grammar of the Persian Language, 1797, fourth edition, worming, marginal loss to title-page; Charles Wilkins, The Story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontala translated from the Mahabharata, 1795, loss to spine; etc.) (18)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA