M. de MARLES
Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne
Emler Frères|Paris 1828|13.50 x 22.30 cm|6 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
First edition. 2 large folding maps drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu: L'Indoustan et l'Inde Ancienne.
Bradel binding in publisher's boards. Smooth spine with red morocco title label. Marbled paper covering the boards. Uncut copy, with full margins. Lack at head of volume 3. Lack to title label of volume 1. Corners slightly bumped. Set rubbed. At end of volume 4, a dampstain in upper margin affecting text from p. 420 to the end, otherwise set rather clean with some small scattered foxing.
Contents of the different volumes. Volume I. Introduction. Hindus. Hindustan. General description. Mountains, rivers, climate, animal kingdom, Alexander, Ptolemy, Population, commerce, government, customs, Bengal, Oude, Benares, Ajmere, Kashmir, Carnatic, Malabar, Mysore, Dekhan, Pagodas, Temples, Antiquity of the Hindus, Origin of the Hindus, Chronology.
Volume II. Religion and Mythology of the Hindus. Philosophy. Brahmins. Cosmography. Trinity. Worship of Giants and Genies. Durga, Kali, Lakshmi. Krishna, Rama, Idols, Cow, monkeys, trees, sacred rivers, Festivals, Sacrifices, Fasting, Penalties, Sects, Isis, Mithra, Philosophy of the Brahmins. Philosophers of India. etc.
Volume III. Literature. Sanskrit. Languages. Poetry. Eloquence. sciences and Arts. Legislation. Analytical table of Contents of the first three volumes comprising everything concerning Religion, Government, Customs, Legislation, and ancient History of the Hindus until the end of the tenth century of the common era.
Volume IV. Modern history from the invasion of the Ghaznavids to the reigns of Babur and Akbar founder of the Mongol empire.
Volume V. From the reign of emperor Akbar to the mid-eighteenth century.
Volume VI. Continuation of the third part, from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. Current state of European establishments. Exports from India, from the Orissa and Coromandel Coast, from the Malabar coast. European imports. Interior commerce. Notice on currencies, weights and measures.
Remarkable study on India, notably its literature and language, with extracts of maxims...
Bradel binding in publisher's boards. Smooth spine with red morocco title label. Marbled paper covering the boards. Uncut copy, with full margins. Lack at head of volume 3. Lack to title label of volume 1. Corners slightly bumped. Set rubbed. At end of volume 4, a dampstain in upper margin affecting text from p. 420 to the end, otherwise set rather clean with some small scattered foxing.
Contents of the different volumes. Volume I. Introduction. Hindus. Hindustan. General description. Mountains, rivers, climate, animal kingdom, Alexander, Ptolemy, Population, commerce, government, customs, Bengal, Oude, Benares, Ajmere, Kashmir, Carnatic, Malabar, Mysore, Dekhan, Pagodas, Temples, Antiquity of the Hindus, Origin of the Hindus, Chronology.
Volume II. Religion and Mythology of the Hindus. Philosophy. Brahmins. Cosmography. Trinity. Worship of Giants and Genies. Durga, Kali, Lakshmi. Krishna, Rama, Idols, Cow, monkeys, trees, sacred rivers, Festivals, Sacrifices, Fasting, Penalties, Sects, Isis, Mithra, Philosophy of the Brahmins. Philosophers of India. etc.
Volume III. Literature. Sanskrit. Languages. Poetry. Eloquence. sciences and Arts. Legislation. Analytical table of Contents of the first three volumes comprising everything concerning Religion, Government, Customs, Legislation, and ancient History of the Hindus until the end of the tenth century of the common era.
Volume IV. Modern history from the invasion of the Ghaznavids to the reigns of Babur and Akbar founder of the Mongol empire.
Volume V. From the reign of emperor Akbar to the mid-eighteenth century.
Volume VI. Continuation of the third part, from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. Current state of European establishments. Exports from India, from the Orissa and Coromandel Coast, from the Malabar coast. European imports. Interior commerce. Notice on currencies, weights and measures.
Remarkable study on India, notably its literature and language, with extracts of maxims...
€500