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Lot No. 29: MAURICE, THOMAS

THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN ITS ARTS, AND ITS SCIENCES

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1820
  • Size: 10.3 x 8.3 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹2,37,600

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2,00,000 - 4,00,000


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2400-4800

Ends at Oct 17, 2024 07:34 PM IST

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MAURICE, THOMAS

THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN ITS ARTS, AND ITS SCIENCES

AS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OTHER GREAT EMPIRES OF ASIA, DURING THE MOST ANCIENT PERIODS OF THE WORLD, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATED ENGRAVINGS

Year: 1820

Size: 26 x 21 cm (10.3 x 8.3 inches).

Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St. James's 1820. Second edition, 4to, Vol. I - 522 pp, Vol. II - xx, 303 pp
13 out of 16 engraved plates present.

Later full leather over textured cloth, marbled end papers, Title in gilt on spine. Age browning to beginning and and end of the volumes.

Thomas Maurice (1754-1824) published numerous works on the religion of India. After he had completed his extensive 'Indian Antiquities' he traced Indian history back to its classical origins. Volume I mainly gives ancient astronomical details from the Hindoo, Hebraic, Phoenician, Egyptian and Greek systems, covering the period between the creation and the flood. Volume II contains the Sanskrit and classical history of India. The imaginative curious plates are showing the Indian Deities (incarnations of Veeshnu, Creeshna etc.) but also the ancient zodiac from Egypt, oriental zodiac, the 28 Hindoo lunar mansions. The plates are mainly facsimiles of the mythological designs and as Maurice says in his advertisement 'Absurd as some of them may appear to an European eye, it appeared still more absurd attempt to make any alterations in them'.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0142 198000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 04:10:29 PM IST
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