Lot 86

Indian Literature - Kalidasa





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Sacontala; or the fatal ring: an Indian drama. London, 1790. 4to, translated by Sir William Jones, original green cloth, rebacked, foxing; [Idem] Raghuvansa... London, 1832. First edition, 4to, original green cloth, fading to backstrip, paper label chipped, some foxing; Platt, Thomas Pell The Ethiopic didascalia... London, 1834. First edition, 4to, Ethiopic text surmounting the English, one leaf in Arabic, original green cloth, faded, paper label chipped, uncut, bookplate of the Marquess of Headfort; Eastwick, Edward The Prem Sagar... Hertford, 1851. 4to, Hindi text, original green cloth, paper label chipped, ex-library stamps to title, ex-library label on spine and bookplate (4)




