India Group of rare Indian imprints, 19th-20th century
India Group of rare Indian imprints, 19th-20th century 1) Hindu Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics, History of Medicine and Practice of Physic. By Kaviraj Russick Lal Gupta. Calcutta: S. C. Addy, 1892. First edition, 8vo, contemporary orange cloth, [4] 209 pp., front inner hinge partly cracked, uniform moderate browning, coloured pencil markings to title-page, closed tear in pp. 87/8, pp. 141/2 transposed; 2) The Betal Punchabinsati, translated into English by Adalut Khan, a College Moonshee. Calcutta: I. C. Bose & Co., 1864. [Bound with:] A Tale from the Sakuntala of Kalidasa by Iswara Chandra Vidyasagara. Calcutta: Sanskrit Press, 1862. 2 works in 1 volume, first and sixth editions, 8vo, modern wrappers, [2] ii 143, 4 102 pp., second work in Sanskrit, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page; 3) Ex-King Edward's Diary of the Ten Eventful Days by Khwaja Hasan Nizami. English Translation by M. Fazl-i-Hamid. Delhi: Munadi Publishing Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, original printed wrappers, [6] 116 pp., photographic portrait of Nizami, errata leaf at rear, gift inscription to title-page, wrappers sunned and slightly marked, chipped at spine-ends, section of loss to rear wrapper, contents moderately browned, portrait and following text-leaf spotted; 4) Bhut Nibandh: An Essay, Descriptive of the Demonology and Other Popular Superstitions of Guzerat. Being the Prize Essay of the Guzerat Vernacular Society for the Year 1849. By Dalpatram Daya. Translated by Alexander Kinloch Forbes, Secretary to the Society. Bombay: "Bombay Gazette" Press, c.1849. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers, cloth backstrip (repaired at foot), xv 95 pp., illustrations in text, variable browning and damp-staining, light marginal worming, prelims (including title-page) strengthened in cutter with clear tape, title-page with small circular mark, pp. xi-xiv loose at foot, bookplates (with Zoroastrian maxim 'Humata Hukhta Hvarshta' but owner's name effaced) 5) [Urdu title:] Maqasid-i 'ulum. A Treatise on the Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science. By Lord Brougham, Translated into Urdu by Syed Mohomed Meer. A Native of Lucknow. Calcutta: printed for the Calcutta School-Book Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. 8vo, contemporary cloth, paper backstrip, 139 pp., printed with Urdu types, wear to binding, contents browned, pp. 29-32 working loose Qty: (5) Note: No copies of Hindu Anatomy or Ex-King-Edward's Diary traced in UK libraries; the latter is a satirical work purporting to be the journal of the former Edward VIII, and was written in Urdu by Sufi poet Khwaja Hasan Nizami, who despite knowing no English, claims in the preface to 'understand the language of Ex-King Edward's heart and mind'. Library Hub cites one institutional copy only for each of Betal Punchabinsati (University of Manchester) and the Urdu translation of Lord Brougham's work (British Library).
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India Group of rare Indian imprints, 19th-20th century 1) Hindu Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics, History of Medicine and Practice of Physic. By Kaviraj Russick Lal Gupta. Calcutta: S. C. Addy, 1892. First edition, 8vo, contemporary orange cloth, [4] 209 pp., front inner hinge partly cracked, uniform moderate browning, coloured pencil markings to title-page, closed tear in pp. 87/8, pp. 141/2 transposed; 2) The Betal Punchabinsati, translated into English by Adalut Khan, a College Moonshee. Calcutta: I. C. Bose & Co., 1864. [Bound with:] A Tale from the Sakuntala of Kalidasa by Iswara Chandra Vidyasagara. Calcutta: Sanskrit Press, 1862. 2 works in 1 volume, first and sixth editions, 8vo, modern wrappers, [2] ii 143, 4 102 pp., second work in Sanskrit, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page; 3) Ex-King Edward's Diary of the Ten Eventful Days by Khwaja Hasan Nizami. English Translation by M. Fazl-i-Hamid. Delhi: Munadi Publishing Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, original printed wrappers, [6] 116 pp., photographic portrait of Nizami, errata leaf at rear, gift inscription to title-page, wrappers sunned and slightly marked, chipped at spine-ends, section of loss to rear wrapper, contents moderately browned, portrait and following text-leaf spotted; 4) Bhut Nibandh: An Essay, Descriptive of the Demonology and Other Popular Superstitions of Guzerat. Being the Prize Essay of the Guzerat Vernacular Society for the Year 1849. By Dalpatram Daya. Translated by Alexander Kinloch Forbes, Secretary to the Society. Bombay: "Bombay Gazette" Press, c.1849. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers, cloth backstrip (repaired at foot), xv 95 pp., illustrations in text, variable browning and damp-staining, light marginal worming, prelims (including title-page) strengthened in cutter with clear tape, title-page with small circular mark, pp. xi-xiv loose at foot, bookplates (with Zoroastrian maxim 'Humata Hukhta Hvarshta' but owner's name effaced) 5) [Urdu title:] Maqasid-i 'ulum. A Treatise on the Objects, Advantages, and Pleasures of Science. By Lord Brougham, Translated into Urdu by Syed Mohomed Meer. A Native of Lucknow. Calcutta: printed for the Calcutta School-Book Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. 8vo, contemporary cloth, paper backstrip, 139 pp., printed with Urdu types, wear to binding, contents browned, pp. 29-32 working loose Qty: (5) Note: No copies of Hindu Anatomy or Ex-King-Edward's Diary traced in UK libraries; the latter is a satirical work purporting to be the journal of the former Edward VIII, and was written in Urdu by Sufi poet Khwaja Hasan Nizami, who despite knowing no English, claims in the preface to 'understand the language of Ex-King Edward's heart and mind'. Library Hub cites one institutional copy only for each of Betal Punchabinsati (University of Manchester) and the Urdu translation of Lord Brougham's work (British Library).
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