Histoire de la litterature Hindoui et Hindoustani. TWO VOLUMES.

De Tassy, Joseph Héliodore Garcin.

Verlag: Oriental Translation Fund, London, 1839

Beschreibung

Volume I: Biographie et Bibliographie, xvi, 630 pp. / Volume II: Extraits et Analyses, xxxii, 608 pp., subscribers leaf for the Athenaeum bound before titles, contemporary morocco backed buckram, gilt motif to foot of spine, top edges gilt, covers lightly soiled & rubbed round edges with minor loss to spine, small stamp verso title pages, set published 1839-1847. Joseph Héliodore Sagesse Vertu Garcin de Tassy ( 1794 ? 1878) was a French orientalist. He studied oriental languages under Silvestre de Sacy and was awarded professorship for Indology at the School for Living Oriental Languages, that was founded for him. In 1838 he was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. and was one of the founders and later president of the Société Asiatique. Garcin first received prominence through general works on Islam and translations from the Arabic, namely L'Islamisme d'aprés le Coran. Later, he devoted himself to the study of the Urdu/Hindi language. Lorenz, II, 390. #29854. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010041

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Histoire de la litterature Hindoui et ...

Verlag: Oriental Translation Fund, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1839

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition