Abel BERGAIGNE
Les Inscriptions sanscrites du Cambodge. Examen sommaire d'un envoi de M. Aymonier, par MM. Barth, Bergaigne et Senart. - Rapport à M. le président de la Société asiatique, par M. Bergaigne[The Sanskrit Inscriptions of Cambodia. A Summary Examination of a Submission by M. Aymonier, by MM. Barth, Bergaigne, and Senart. — Report to the President of the Société Asiatique, by M. Bergaigne]
Imprimerie Nationale (1870-...)|Paris 1882|14.4 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Journal asiatique.
Unlettered spine with restorations; scattered foxing.
Abel Bergaigne (1838–1888), one of the leading Indologists of his time, was Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Linguistics at the Sorbonne.
His interpretation of the Rig-Veda remains authoritative.
On the upper wrapper of the first cover, a signed autograph inscription by Abel Bergaigne to the academic and statesman Charles Lenient (1826–1908).
€500