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KHOJEH ABDULKURREEM
The Memoirs of Khojeh Abdulkurreem, a Cashmerian of Distinction, translated from the original Persian by Francis Gladwin. Calcutta: William Mackay, 1788. 8° (220 x 134mm). Half-title. (Old stab marks, final two leaves rehinged, last leaf laid down.) Uncut in modern calf. First of two editions listed in ESTC. Shaw 104.
JAHANGIR, Emperor of Hindustan. Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir, written by himself, translated from the Persian by David Price. London: Oriental Translation Committee and J. Murray, 1829. Large 4° (318 x 253mm). Subscription leaf printed in blue and black with decorative border in red. Unopened in contemporary blue wrappers (extremities worn). Provenance: The Marquess of Cholmondeley (identified as his copy on the printed subscription leaf; Cholomondeley Library bookplate; a second bookplate removed) -- purchased from B. Quaritch, London, March 1927.
Together with three other works: Chy Fa Hian, Foe Koue Ki ou Relation des Royaumes Bouddhiques: voyage dans la Tartarie, dans l'Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, executé a la fin du ive siècle, translated from the Chinese by Abel Rémusat, Paris, 1836, large 4° (waterstained), later morocco-backed boards -- Hoei-Li and Yen-Thsong, Histoire de la Vie de Hiouen-Thsang et de ses voyages dans l'Inde depuis l'an 629 jusqu'en 645, Paris, 1853, 8°, modern calf preserving original wrappers -- The Muntakhab Al-Tawarikh of Abd Al-Qadir Bin-I-Maluk Shah Al Badaoni [Bibliotheca Indica series], Calcutta: College Press for the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1868-65-69, 3 volumes, 8°, later morocco-backed marbled boards; and Abel Remusat's 'Essai sur la cosmographie et la cosmogonie des Bouddhistes, d'après les auteurs chinois' extracted from the Journal des Savans, October 1831, 4° (waterstained), contemporary calf-backed boards. (8)
The Memoirs of Khojeh Abdulkurreem, a Cashmerian of Distinction, translated from the original Persian by Francis Gladwin. Calcutta: William Mackay, 1788. 8° (220 x 134mm). Half-title. (Old stab marks, final two leaves rehinged, last leaf laid down.) Uncut in modern calf. First of two editions listed in ESTC. Shaw 104.
JAHANGIR, Emperor of Hindustan. Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir, written by himself, translated from the Persian by David Price. London: Oriental Translation Committee and J. Murray, 1829. Large 4° (318 x 253mm). Subscription leaf printed in blue and black with decorative border in red. Unopened in contemporary blue wrappers (extremities worn). Provenance: The Marquess of Cholmondeley (identified as his copy on the printed subscription leaf; Cholomondeley Library bookplate; a second bookplate removed) -- purchased from B. Quaritch, London, March 1927.
Together with three other works: Chy Fa Hian, Foe Koue Ki ou Relation des Royaumes Bouddhiques: voyage dans la Tartarie, dans l'Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, executé a la fin du ive siècle, translated from the Chinese by Abel Rémusat, Paris, 1836, large 4° (waterstained), later morocco-backed boards -- Hoei-Li and Yen-Thsong, Histoire de la Vie de Hiouen-Thsang et de ses voyages dans l'Inde depuis l'an 629 jusqu'en 645, Paris, 1853, 8°, modern calf preserving original wrappers -- The Muntakhab Al-Tawarikh of Abd Al-Qadir Bin-I-Maluk Shah Al Badaoni [Bibliotheca Indica series], Calcutta: College Press for the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1868-65-69, 3 volumes, 8°, later morocco-backed marbled boards; and Abel Remusat's 'Essai sur la cosmographie et la cosmogonie des Bouddhistes, d'après les auteurs chinois' extracted from the Journal des Savans, October 1831, 4° (waterstained), contemporary calf-backed boards. (8)
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