Description of the character, manner, and customs of the people of India; and of their institutions, religious and civil. Translated from the French manuscript.

4to: xxvii-[1 bl.]-565-[1 bl.] pp. (some spotting).

Quarter calf (rest. by A.W. Shaw), gilt orn. flat spine with green and red title labels. Good copy.

First edition of this important work of Indology by the catholic missionary J.A. Dubois (1765-1848). He lived in India for more than 25 years, adopting the Hindu way of life. His account is considered as one of the first classic analyses on Hindu Society. The original French version was not publ. until 1825. Ref. Brunet II:847. - BL. - COPAC. Prov. "Thomas Cope" (ms. entry on title and arm. bookpl.). - Bookseller's ticket. We join: Robertson, W. - An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the Ancients had of India [...]. London, Strahan, Cadell, Balfour, 1791. 4to: xii-364-[12] pp. Half leather (rebacked). First edition. Ill. with 2 fold. pl. (south-east part of Asia, 1 modern & 1 based on Ptolemy, both rep. with tape on verso). Ref. Brunet IV:1332. - Cox I:304. - ESTC T78952. - COPAC. Prov. Ownership entry on title. - Graham, M. - Journal of a residence in India. Edinburgh, Ramsay for Constable, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1812. 4to: vii-[1 bl.]-211-[1] pp. (some browning & dampstaining, tear in title rep. with tape on verso, tear in pl. p. 64, tear in blank margin pl. p. 55). Quarter calf (rebacked. First edition. Ill.: hand-col. frontisp., 15 b/w pls, of which 2 folding. Ref. BL. - COPAC (2). (3 vol.)