Description: Click here to see our other books! The Life of H. T. Colebrooke, and his Miscellaneous Essays H. T. Colebrooke; Sir T. E. Colebrooke 1873 Trubner & Co : London 9.5" by 6.5" 492; 543; 519pp SUMMARY A posthumously published edition of H. T. Colebrooke's very scarce collection of essays on topics relating to Indian culture and language, with an emphasis on Sanskrit. With a biography of Colebrook from his son. Publishers' Original Binding,Very Scarce Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 2 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 29.99 EU Postage: £ 21.99 European Postage: £ 23.99 Asia Postage: £ 37.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 38.99 DESCRIPTION A complete three volume set, in mixed cloth publisher's original bindings.Volume I of this work is H. T. Colebrooke's son's memoir of his father, 'The life of H. T. Colebrooke'. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Volumes II and III are the very scarce complete work 'Miscellaneous Essays' by H. T. Colebrook.Colebrooke was a British orientalist and a pioneer of the study of ancient Indian texts and languages, particularly Sanskrit. His essays include studies on Hindu law, Vedic literature, Indian philosophy, and the natural sciences. Volume II illustrated with a folding table.With the bookplate of Jakob Wackernagel of Basel to each front pastedown, and his inscription to the verso of the volume II front free endpaper. Wackernagel was a Swiss linguist, Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. Colebrooke has been described as "the first great Sanskrit scholar in Europe". CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with fading to vol II and III back strips. Minor losses of cloth to volume I back strip head and tail. Rear joint of volume I starting, with board firmly held, but cloth somewhat tenderly adhered to back strip .Volume II front joint head, and rear joint starting, with volume II rear joint head starting. Boards holding firm. Two small horizontal splits in cloth to volume II back strip. Front hinge of volume I strained and a touch tender. Bookplates to front pastedowns, with former owner inscription to verso of volume II front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Author: H. T. Colebrooke; Sir T. E. Colebrooke
Publisher: Trubner & Co
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: No
Language: English
Fiction Subject: None
Illustrator: None
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed: No
Year Printed: 1873
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 2.000000
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
