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(HITOPADESHA.) The Heetopades of Veeshnoo-Sarma, in a Series of Connected Fables, interspersed with Moral, Prudential, and Political Maxims. English translation and notes by Sir Charles Wilkins. xx, 334 pages, including half-title. 8vo, 250x156 mm, modern calf, contemporary marbled wrappers bound in; occasional toning and light marginal foxing, owner's note about the translator in ink on title. wide-margined copy. Bath: R. Cruttwell for C. Nourse and J. Marshall, 1787
first edition in english of a popular collection of Sanskrit animal fables,inscribed on the front flyleaf: "The Revd. Mr. Harpur from the Translator." Wilkins (1749-1836) was a pioneering Sanskrit scholar and printer of oriental languages.
