Pantheon of Hindu Gods 1810
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Author: Moor, Edward
Title: The Hindu Pantheon
Place Published: London
Publisher:J. Johnson
Date Published: 1810
Description:
Author: Moor, Edward
Title: The Hindu Pantheon
Place Published: London
Publisher:J. Johnson
Date Published: 1810
Description:
xiv, [2], 467 pp. With 105 engraved plates including the frontispiece. (4to) 30x23 cm. (11¾x9"), period calf stamped in gilt with vignettes of Hindu gods, rebacked in modern calf. First Edition.
Edward Moor, an early European scholar of Indian religion, intended this work as an introduction to Hinduism for an English audience and it was the first of its kind. It was illustrated with examples from Moor's own collection of Hindu artifacts, which are currently displayed in the British Museum.
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Some wear and minor chipping to the original leather of the covers; some foxing within, title-page a bit discolored; very good, quite scarce.
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