Colebrook henry thomas (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition, presenting two core texts of Hindu philosophy in English for the first time. Colebrook and Wilson were each the pre-eminent Sanskrit scholar of their generation. The latter edited and developed Colebrook's manuscript for posthumous publication, the process having been delayed by illness and a shortage of suitable Devanagari type. Colebrook (1765-1837) pioneered Western studies of Indian religion and philosophy. "A historian is bound to see him as a kind of successor to the orientalist Sir William Jones. He arrived in Calcutta the year before Jones and others founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He published twenty papers in Asiatic Researches, the journal of that society, and became its president in 1807" (ODNB). In 1811, Colebrook recommended Wilson (1786-1860), a young East India Company surgeon and the future first professor of Sanskrit at Oxford, to be the society's secretary. During Wilson's 21 years in the position, "he assiduously promoted Indological learning, acquisition of Indian texts for the Asiatic Society Library, and interactions between English orientalists and Indian intellectuals in Calcutta. His writings and translations were pioneering efforts by one who had no formal scholarly training, as none was available at the time. During his lifetime his writings were widely read and influential among scholarly and public audiences interested in India" (ODNB). This copy was given to an unknown recipient by Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865), the scholar of Persian literature and culture. Bland published several pieces in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, and his fine collection of manuscripts later formed part of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana. An 1843 pencilled inscription recording the gift is on the front pastedown. Quarto (315 x 250 mm). Sanskrit in text. Bifolium of publisher's ads at end. Contemporary green cloth, original printed spine label laid down, binder's ticket of W. Runting. Shadow from removed bookplate. Cloth lightly rubbed, spine sunned, label worn, foxing to first and last few leaves: very good.…