Asiatic Society Of Bengal: Proceedings of the Asiatic ..., Timaru in Timaru, Canterbury for sale

[17] pages, numbered from (111) -127, + 1 plate + printed blue wrappers. The plate is titled:"Copper Buddhist Chaitya from Ashrafpur in Bengal"- photozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta. Wrappers chipped and worn. 3"tears at head and tail of paper spine. The plate is detached. Small tears to margins of some leaves. Contents: Monthly General Meeting; Presentations; Election of Members; Death of Members; Remarks by President on death of Raja Rajendralala Mitra; President - Letter from the Government of India, Home Department; Philological Secretary - Reports on old coins; Philological Secretary - Gold Gupta coins; Philological Secretary - Buddhist Chaitya (with Plate) ; Mr. C. H. Tawney - Mahakapijataka; Papers [NB: the titles only of these three papers are given, to indicate that they were read at the meeting. The complete papers are not contained in these proceedings]: 1."Lamaic Rosaries: their kinds and Uses"by L. A. Waddell. 2."On the date of the Bower Manuscript exhibited at the meetings of November 1890, and April 1891"by Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. 3."Notes on the Snakes in the Collection of the Indian Museum with descriptions of several new species"- by W. L. Sclater. [The"Library"section is a 6 page list of additions to the library: Transactions, Proceedings and Journals presented by the respective Societies and Editors; Books and Pamphlets presented by the Authors, Translators,&c. ; Miscellaneous Presentations;&Periodicals Purchased]. The blue wrappers have a printed"List of Books For Sale at the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal".; 8vo
Asiatic Society Of Bengal: Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. No. VIII. August, 1891.
Author
Asiatic Society Of Bengal
Title
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. No. VIII. August, 1891.
Publisher name
Asiatic Society, Calcutta
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1891
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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Key words
India History Anthropology
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