Indian lithographic printing Shrimad Bhagwat Gita bi'l-tasawir [Bhagavad Gita, in Urdu, illustrated]
Indian lithographic printing Shrimad Bhagwat Gita bi'l-tasawir [Bhagavad Gita, in Urdu, illustrated] ... mu'allifuhu [edited by] Rai Bahadur Pandit Janki Nath Sahib. Mathura: Ram Narayan Press, 1930. 8vo, original pink paper wrappers bound in, text in Urdu and Sanskrit, lithographed throughout, 4, 1-178 195-344 pp. (not established if text continuous despite gap in pagination), 16 folding hand-coloured lithographic plates tipped to margins, folding table tipped to endpaper, pp. 211/12 with closed tear, damp-staining from p. 337 to end. Together with 4 others (not collated), illustrated lithographic editions in Urdu, printed by Nawal Kishore (Lucknow), comprising: Shrimad Bhagwat Tarjumah [i.e. 'Bhagavad, translated'], c.1900, 2 editions, both folio, 690 and 688 pp., bindings defective, second copy with crude tape-repairs to title-page and final leaf; Mahabharata Manzum ['The Mahabharata, in verse'], 4to, recent leatherette, 296 pp., loss to outer leaves; Sayyid Fakhr al-Din Husayn Sukhan Dehlavi (Indian Urdu-language poet and writer, ?1839-1900), Sarush-i Sukhan ['The Voice from Heaven'], 1296 AH [1879 CE], 4to, 124 pp., spine incorrectly lettered Qty: (5) Note: Mathura, where the lead item in this lot was printed, is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
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Indian lithographic printing Shrimad Bhagwat Gita bi'l-tasawir [Bhagavad Gita, in Urdu, illustrated] ... mu'allifuhu [edited by] Rai Bahadur Pandit Janki Nath Sahib. Mathura: Ram Narayan Press, 1930. 8vo, original pink paper wrappers bound in, text in Urdu and Sanskrit, lithographed throughout, 4, 1-178 195-344 pp. (not established if text continuous despite gap in pagination), 16 folding hand-coloured lithographic plates tipped to margins, folding table tipped to endpaper, pp. 211/12 with closed tear, damp-staining from p. 337 to end. Together with 4 others (not collated), illustrated lithographic editions in Urdu, printed by Nawal Kishore (Lucknow), comprising: Shrimad Bhagwat Tarjumah [i.e. 'Bhagavad, translated'], c.1900, 2 editions, both folio, 690 and 688 pp., bindings defective, second copy with crude tape-repairs to title-page and final leaf; Mahabharata Manzum ['The Mahabharata, in verse'], 4to, recent leatherette, 296 pp., loss to outer leaves; Sayyid Fakhr al-Din Husayn Sukhan Dehlavi (Indian Urdu-language poet and writer, ?1839-1900), Sarush-i Sukhan ['The Voice from Heaven'], 1296 AH [1879 CE], 4to, 124 pp., spine incorrectly lettered Qty: (5) Note: Mathura, where the lead item in this lot was printed, is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
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