Hitopadesa, or Salutary Instruction, In the Original Sanscrit

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About this Book

The first Sanskrit book printed in Devanagari type (Serampore Mission Press, 1804, Sanskrit title-page dated 1803), edited by William Carey and with an introduction by Henry Thomas Colebrook.

Bound with [Part 2:] Dasa Cumara Charita, abridged by Apayya]. [Part 3:] Three Satacas, or Centuries of Verses, by Bhartri Hari.

Provenance: East India Company library (ink-stamps to title-page, first page of the second part, and terminal errata leaf of the third part).

4to (20.5 x 19cm), modern cloth, xv [1] 160 [3], [5] 4-22 [2], [5] 26-111 [5] pp., title-page, part-titles, errata leaves and introduction (pp. xv) in English, remaining text in Sanskrit, spotting to front and rear, first part second errata leaf laid down, ink annotations in Sanskrit to p. 101.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hitopadesa, or Salutary Instruction, In the Original Sanscrit

Publisher: Serampore Mission Press (William Carey)

Publication Date: 1804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First, First Sanskrit book printed in Devanagari type