Lot 72A
Godwin-Austin, Henry Haversham
Description of a Mystic Play, as performed in Ladak, Zaskar, etc.
£555
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
[In: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ... Part I. No. II - 1865]. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1865. 8vo, modern half leather, 51-113 pp. (Godwin-Austin's piece comprising pp. 71-79), 10 arch-topped albumen print photographs depicting native performers in costume, mounted on 5 sheets, publisher's announcement slip tipped in at front, original wrappers bound in (with a few closed tears), browning, variable fading to photographs
Footnote
Note:
Contains very early photographs of the region. The other pieces in this number include: E. Thomas, 'Ancient Indian Weights'; M. A. Sherring and C. Horne, 'Some Account of Ancient Remains at Saidpur and Bhitari'; 'H. A. Jaeschke, 'Notes on the Pronunciation of the Tibetan Language'; and H. B. Impey, 'Notes on the Gujrat State of Patna'.
