Cours d'hindoustani (urdu et hindi) à l'École impériale et spéciale des langues orientales vivantes. Discours d'ouverture du 6 décembre 1869

First edition.

Two small losses at the foot of the spine and on the front cover, the final gathering was improperly trimmed, resulting in a few minor marginal losses without serious consequence.

Joseph-Hélodore Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878) was a French orientalist and specialist of India.

He studied Oriental languages under Silvestre de Sacy and, together with him, was one of the founders of the Société Asiatique in 1822. He was appointed to the Chair of Indology at the École spéciale des Langues orientales in 1828 and was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1838. Initially renowned for his studies of Islam and his translations from Arabic, Turkish, and Persian, Garcin de Tassy became France's first specialist in Hindustani, and this opening address was delivered annually.