India
Collection of works on Indian law and government, and Persian and Urdu literature
£3,276
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
19th and early 20th century, all lithographically printed, titles include:
Rao Saheb Mayaram Shambhunath, Pensioner, Deputy Educational Inspector. Local Self Government. Surat: Sodagur Press, 1886. 8vo, contemporary red cloth, 151 pp., title-pages in English and Gujarati, text in Gujarati, browning, tear to Gujarati title-page, worming in gutter towards rear;
Babu Mukut[?] Bihari Lal Bihargu BA, Superintendent of Oudh. Government-i Hind [title in Urdu, i.e. 'Government of India']. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1916. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 116 pp., text in Urdu;
Mirza Mahbub Beg Sahib, Wakil of Lahore. Sharh qanun diwalih mufassalat [title in Urdu, i.e. 'Commentary on the law of bankruptcy with respect to the mofussil']. Lahore: Karimi Steam Press, 1922. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 222 pp., text in Urdu;
[Tonk State]. [Title in Urdu:] Qanun Qimarbazi ['The Law of Gambling']. [Tonk]: Matba' Muhammadi, c.1880. 4to, contemporary half cloth, 12 pp., text in Urdu, worming to covers, small worm-track to text;
[Police]. [Title in Urdu:] Miftah al-imtihan-i pulis ['Key to the police examination']. Lahore: Matba' Mufid-i 'Am, 1894. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 196 + 244 pp., a few repairs;
Maulvi Muhammad Munawwar al-Din. Fatawa 'Uthmani ... Kitab al-hajj wa'l-ziyarat [title in Urdu, i.e. 'Ottoman fatwas ... Volume on pilgrimages and visiting shrines']. Delhi: Hindustan Electric Printing Works, 1924. Folio, contemporary half cloth, patterned paper sides, volume 6 only of a multivolume work;
Jami (1414-1492). Yusuf wa-Zulaykha ['Yusuf and Zulaykha']. Mumbai: Matba' Safadi, 1884. 8vo, contemporary red morocco-backed cloth, 230 pp., in Persian, contemporary annotations to title-page;
[Printed dedication to Mahatma Gandhi] Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955). Krishn bayti [?The House of Lord Krishna]. Delhi: Lal Thakur Sahib, Wali Printing Works 1919. 8vo, original cloth, 192 pp., in Urdu, front joint split, rear inner hinge cracked, damp-staining to outer leaves, ink-stamps;
[Urdu play] Pandit Narayan Parshad Betab (1872-1945). Zahri Sanp ['The Venomous Serpent']. Lucknow: Matba' I'jaz Muhammadi, c.1900. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 70 pp., in Urdu, bound with 4 other works;
Rumi (1207-1273). Mathnawi-i ma'nawi ['The Mathnawi']. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1913. 6 parts in 1 volume, folio, contemporary boards (defective, with remains of leather backstrip), 104, 90, 118, 93, 10, 106, 150 pp., in Persian, repairs towards rear;
and 20 others, including: Sharh qanun mu'ahada-i Hind [in Urdu, i.e. 'Commentary on the law of the treaty of India'], Amritsar: Ruzbazar Electric Press, 1922; 3 works relating to Jaipur (including Qanun jara'im wa-siza, [in Urdu, i.e. 'The Law of Crime and Punishment'], 1914, folio, possibly one volume of a multivolume work); another edition of Sa'di, Gulistan (Lucknow, 1909); another edition of Jami, Yusuf wa-Zulaykha, Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1869 (decorative title-page in orange and black); Munshi Amjad Husayn Khan, Hamid wa-Rayhan, Lahore: Kashmiri Press, c.1880 (bound with other works); an Arabic-Urdu dictionary (volume 1 only, 1877); and similar, collations not fully established and the lot sold as seen (30)