Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 488
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Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
STEIN, MARC AUREL, Sir, translator and editor. Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kas[h]mir. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3), containing the complete translation and commentary, lacking the final volume with the original Sanskrit text. One map (of 3); folding genealogical table; lacks the 2 loose maps. xxxi, [1], 402, [2]; vi, 555 pages, including half-titles. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 255x192 mm, original cloth, rebacked retaining worn and stained original backstrips, hinges crudely reinforced with cloth tape; some marginal toning, some gatherings sloppily opening not affecting text, table separated at fold. Unidentified contemporary owner's pencil note on Volume 1 half-title regarding correspondence with Stein and the publisher. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900

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first edition of Stein's translation, including as an appendix a revised version of his memoir on the ancient geography of Kashmir.