Jones, Sir W. / Chambers, W. / Rawlins, J. / Shore, J. et al. Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia. Dublin, P. Byrne and W. Jones, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. (16), 643 pages. Contemporary full calf. Red spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally very clean.

Early reports on the Far East including the first published account of Tibet by an Englishman, Captain Samuel Turner, who was sent there by Warren Hastings. It contains Turner’s letters to John Macpherson, the Governor-General of Bengal relating to his interview with Teeshoo Lama at the Monastery of Terpaling, and an account of a journey to Tibet made by Poorungeer, a Gosseyn, and his reception by the Lama. (Turner’s full narrative was not published until 1800.) The volume also includes studies of eastern arts, sciences and literature including chapters on the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India, the chronology of the Hindus, the Indian game of chess, the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac, the plants of India, an account of Nepal, and a discourse on the method of catching wild elephants at Tipura. Sir William Jones made his name with his Persian grammar, founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784), and edited its Journal of Asiatic Researches.

• Keywords: Classical & Old Literature · History · History & Culture · Middle East & Asia · Reference
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 104577AB

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