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HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY, translator and editor. A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation made from the

HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY, translator and editor. A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation made from the Original, written in the Shanscrit Language. 8 engraved plates showing Devanagari script, elements of Sanskrit prosody, etc. lxxiv, [2], 61, [1], 322 pages. 4to, contemporary sheep-backed flexible boards, worn and shaken, hinges reinforced with clear tape, front cover detached; marginal foxing through most of volume, contemporary signature and old AAS stamp on title. London, 1776

  • Notes: first edition in english of a compilation of Hindu law made at the request of Warren Hastings, governor-general of British India. NYU/Marke, page 236.

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