Mémoire sur les particularités de la religion musulmane dans l'Inde d'après les ouvrages hindoustanis

Second edition, the first having appeared in 1831.

Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878) was a French Orientalist and specialist in India.

He studied Oriental languages under Silvestre de Sacy and, together with him, was one of the founders of the Société asiatique in 1822. In 1828 he was appointed to the chair of Indology at the École spéciale des Langues orientales, and in 1838 was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Initially known for his studies of Islam and his translations from Arabic, Turkish and Persian, Garcin de Tassy became the foremost French specialist in Hindustani.

Unlettered spine, small marginal losses to the covers, traces of a formerly affixed label at the lower left corner of the front cover, and a transverse abrasion across the front cover.

Autograph presentation inscription by the author at the head of the front cover.