The Light of Asia or The Great Reunciation Mahabhinishkramana

by Edwin Arnold

$160 · Offered by B Street Books

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London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1883. Hardcover. Stated 13th printing in a handsome binding from Hatchards, 198 Piccadilly. First published in 1879, Arnold's influential poem popularized Buddhism for an English-speaking audience. An early owner, Florence Darnley has left her name and an 1907 date on a flyleaf, as well as an attractive bookplate on the front endpaper. The bookplate features a quotation from Tennyson and is signed W.P.B., 1908. Fading to

• Binding: Hardcover

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