A Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation made from the Original written in the Shanscrit Language
Language: English
Published by London, 1776
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Timeless Tales Rare Books, Acton, MA, U.S.A.Timeless Tales Rare Books
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Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, A Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation made from the Original written in the Shanscrit Language. First edition, 1776, lxxiv, 61, [1], 322 pp. 8 copperplate leaves with tissue overlays. Quarto (11.5" x 9.5"). A beautiful, wide-margined larger paper copy of an extremely scarce work in English describing the principles of Hindu jurisprudence, to facilitate English colonial rule in India and expand the trading empire on a strong legal foundation. This monumental english translation is from the Vivadarnavasetu, a digest of Hindu law in 21 sections (taranga). This work was compiled for Warren Hastings, the governor-general of the East India Company and the plates were possibly compiled at the type foundry of Panchanan Karmakar of Serampore. The elevent pandits (pundats) consulted for this wonderful translation of Hindu laws were Banesvara, Kriparama, Rama Gopala, Krishnajivana, Viresvara, Krishnacandra, Guarikanta, Kalisankara, Syamasundara, Krishnakesava and Sitarama. The plates, showing minimal offsetting on opposite pages as usual, but virtually spotless, depict examples of the original Sanskrit texts. Halhed is immortalized in the history of Indian printmaking for A Grammar of the Bengal Language published in 1778. Condition- Publisher's original boards in plain paper, backed in calf and rebacked in period-style quarter calf with raised bands, edges mostly untrimmed, hinges reinforced. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, corners bumped. A remarkably attractive copy overall. …
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- Title
- A Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation made from the Original written in the Shanscrit Language
- Author
- Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
- Publisher
- London
- Publication year
- 1776
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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