Description of the Character, Manners and Customs of the People of India and of Their Institutions, Religious and Civil.
London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. 1817. Stock ID #223218 Detailed account of the social, cultural, and religious practices of India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Abbé Dubois, a French Catholic priest and missionary, was stationed in India from 1792-1823 and his manuscript was purchased by the East India Company in 1807, publishing this English translation in 1817. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223218.
xxvii + 565pp + [2] publisher's advertisements; half calf over marbled boards, 27.5 x 22 cms, endpapers renewed, the title page and prelims spotted , scant foxing elsewhere, the final ten leaves tide-marked, a good sound copy.
Price: $450.00 AU