Madras Court

Amoghavarsa [814 - 880] [Shanker Kedilaya, A.; editor]: Karnataka Kavirajamargam, University of Madras Madras 1973
23x15cm, (44),170 pp, Flyleaves discolored. Several pinholes to binding. Text in Kannada characters. Includes a 6-page English preface. [ ".,.. Karnataka Kavirajamargam is the earliest available work on literary criticism in Kannada, and it gives an account of the scholars and poets that flourished at the Court of Nrpatunga, and also of the literary personages that lived in earlier times. It treats vividly of the literary forms and conventions of the time, and also provides an insight into the social and political conditions that obtained in those early days".

orig.cloth Some rubbing. Good. In a rubbed & chipped dustwrapper., dustwrap

[SW: Medieval Kannada Literature Karnataka Literary Criticism Poetics Poetry History Language India South Asia]

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Besant, Annie: In the Outer Court, Madras Theosophical Publishing House
Poor

Chapters on thought control; building of character; spiritual alchemy; on the threshold. fep and title page missing. First Edition No Jacket Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: MYSTICISM OCCULT CROWLEY MAGIC PHILOSOPHY RELIGION BLAVATSKY THEOSOPHY FOLKLORE INDIA HINDU ASIA MYTHOLOGY ALCHEMY CHEMISTRY ALCHEMISTSReligion and Theology]

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ROXBURGH, William: Uvaria tomentosa [Pl. 35]

London: George Nicol, 1795-1819 [-1820]. Engraving, coloured by hand. Excellent condition. 21 x 15 inches. 23 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches. A fine image from the major work on the flora of India, Roxburgh's 'Plants of the Coast of Coromandel'. A lavish work published over a 25-year period, depicting the plants life-size. A Scotsman by birth, Roxburgh studied medicine at Edinburgh University and made several voyages as surgeon's mate in East Indiamen before arriving at Madras in 1776 to take up the post of assistant surgeon. During the next few years, he spent much of his spare time studying the botany of the Carnatic, a region of southern India between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel coast. In 1779 he was stationed at Nagore, then in 1782 moved to Samalkot, a remote district 200 miles north of Madras with much flora in the adjacent hilly region. He remained at Samalkot until 1793 when he became superintendent of the Calcutta botanic garden, holding the office until his retirement in 1814. Before his appointment as the East India Company's botanist, Roxburgh had for some years "retained a painter constantly employed in drawing plants" which he then accurately described with added remarks on their uses. When he forwarded the first group of these drawings and descriptions to the Company's Court of Directors in England in 1791, they in turn forwarded them to Sir Joseph Banks who gave him his assent to the work on 4th July 1794. Jonas Drydander, Banks's librarian, was responsible for much of the editing, and dedicated to Roxburgh the genus "Roxburghia", the type specimen of which (Roxburghia gloriosoides). Cf. Dunthorne 269; Henrey III, 1289; Nissen BBI 1689

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Panchapakesa Ayyar A S: Tenali Rama, Mylapore Madras The Alliance Company 1947
Very Good

A book concerning Tenali Rama, the royal jester at the court of Krishna Deva Raya - the famous emperor of Vijayanagar from 1509 to 1529. Jacket has been pasted to the boards and is torn to the length of the spine. Contents are clean. A very nice copy of this hard to find title. Third, Revised and Enlarged Edition Fair Hard Cover

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