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ONE OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN AND EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF HINDUISM IN A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE.

Lot No. 1: LORD, HENRY

A DISPLAY OF TWO FORRAIGNE SECTS IN THE EAST INDIES

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1630
  • Size: 7 x 5 inches
  • Place: London

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LORD, HENRY

A DISPLAY OF TWO FORRAIGNE SECTS IN THE EAST INDIES

THE SECT OF THE BANIANS (HINDOOS) THE ANCIENT NATIVES OF INDIA AND THE SECT OF THE PERSEES THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF PERSIA
Together with the religion and manners of each sect collected into two books

Year: 1630

Size: 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 inches).

Printed by T. and R. Cotes for Francis Constable and are to be sold at his shoppe in Paules Church yard at the signe of the Crane 1630.

First Edition, small 8vo, Pagination pp. [16], 95, [13], 53, [1, blank], text collated and complete with two additional printed titles but lacking additional engraved title by William Marshal.

Two parts in one A discovery of the sect of the Banians and The religion of the Persees each have separate dated letterpress title page and pagination
Recent full leather binding, title in gilt on spine.

A fascinating early treatise, Henry Lord's book was the first in English to be entirely devoted to discussion of Indian religions, and represents the first serious attempt to go beyond reports by travelers of the strange religious beliefs and practices that they had observed in India. The display was used as a source by later European writers on Indian religions, most notably Franois Bernier.

An Invaluable Account of Hindu and Parsi Cosmology for European Readers

The work includes one of the earliest known and extensive descriptions of Hinduism in a European language. Henry Lord (fl. 1630), traveler, was appointed by the East India Company chaplain to the English factory at Surat for a term of five years. While at Surat he acquired some knowledge of Hindustani and Persian, and studied the customs of the natives. Lord was a chaplain, rather than a missionary, and made a serious attempt to understand the religions rather than condemn them. On his return to England he published this work in 1630.

Lord was sometime resident in India at Surat and Preacher to the Honorable Company of Merchants trading to East India
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
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