A Grammar of the Sanscrit Language ... Volume 1 all published

by Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke

$6,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Period cloth-backed paper boards, rebacked with leather, spine lettered in gilt Provenance: College of Fort William period inscription on verso of title The first European work to be based on the indigenous linguistic tradition ODNB . Colebrooke, a noted Orientalist, first arrived in India in 1782. After several government posts and a diplomatic mission, he devoted himself to the study of Sanskrit and was appointed an honorary professor of Hindu law

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