SIGNED, FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION BOOKS (16-17 MAY 2023)

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Monier Williams (1819 - 1899) Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring Monier Williams, Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring: An Indian Drama. Translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa, by Monier Williams, MA, Professor of Sanskrit at the East-India College, Haileybury, formerly Boden scholar at the University of Oxford, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1855 pp 227 + 27+ xxv, 17 plates; most impressive elaborate binding - for the publisher, Stephen Austin of Hertford - by Zaehnsdorf, full green Moroccan calf leather, heavily decorated in gilt with a central pictorial roundel within a floral design, title also gilt decorated, title in gilt on spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, elaborate endpapers; title enclosed within red-ruled border; colour printed head and tail-pieces, borders, and an added colour-printed title, plus 16 colour-printed plates. 8.75 x 7.25 x 1 in (22.5 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 90,000 - 1,25,000 $1,115 - 1,545 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,185 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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