Editore: Dublin: P. Byrne and W. Jones, 1793
Da: Braintree Book Rack, Cohasset, MA, U.S.A.
Leather. Condizione: Fair. 8.5" x 5.5", 643pp. The front cover is detached, otherwise a good, solid copy. Including the first published account of Tibet by an Englishman, Samuel Turner and his interview with the Teeshoo Lama at the monastery of Terpaling. There are also dissertations on various nations (Persians, Arabs, Chinese, etc) and essays on the Ruins of Mavalipuram, the literature of the Hindus, the descent of Afghans from the Jews, an account of Nepal, on the cure of persons bitten by snakes, on an ancient building in Hajipur, an inscription at Buddha Gaya, translation of a Sanskrit inscription, and much more.