1881 The Hindoos As They Are: A Description of the Manners, Customs, and Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal

Name: 1881 The Hindoos As They Are: A Description of the Manners, Customs, and Inner Life of Hindoo Society
SKU: 913T30
Price: 59 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: Calcutta; London W. Newman & Co.; Edward Stanford

Size: 8.5" by 5.5" Pagination: vii, 305, vipp.

A scarce study of Hindu life in Bengal from Bengali writer Shib Chunder Bose.

£59.00

weight: 0.75kgs / stock code: 913T30

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Description

Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

Scarce work. A detailed study into Hindu life in Bengal, with chapters on household, birth, marriage ceremonies, festivals, caste, polygamy, widows, sickness, death, funeral ceremonies, religious teachings and stories, and much more. Written by Babu Shib Chunder Bose is an enlightened Bengali and writer. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.

Condition

Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Light loss to the spine and board tips. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Light loss to the title page which has been sympathetically repaired with paper.

Overall: Good

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