Friends
I recently came across the following
listing at
I have no idea what this could be, do
you?
The Tanjur and The Kanjur: A
Dissertation on Sanskrit, the Language of Antiquity, and on
the corollary question, "Where was the Cradle of the Aryan
race?"
RICHARD, William L.
Verlag: La Casa Amaraca, Freeport, N.Y., 1920
described as follows:
First edition. Oblong octavo. Printed
wrapper: 7, [1]pp., photographic frontispiece portrait and
unpaged (approximately forty-one) gelatin silver photographs
of the Sanskrit manuscripts. Contemporary custom binding by
the Atelier Bindery in full pale brown morocco with four
raised bands and black morocco spine label with title and
decorations of dragons and swastikas in gilt, dentelles in
elaborate gilt floral pattern, all edges gilt, marbled
endpapers. Top corners slightly bumped, very near fine in
custom cloth slipcase. One of 500 numbered copies, this copy
unnumbered. Brief dissertation about the author's copies of
rare Tibetan Sanskrit manuscripts. Apparently issued as an
eight page pamphlet, this copy has been enhanced with the
photographs and seems likely to have been the author's own
copy. Attractive and beautifully bound volume. *OCLC*
locates two copies of the pamphlet, but nothing with
accompanying illustrations. (Yale and NYPL). Bestandsnummer
des Verkäufers 408916
it seems to me in the first place
probable that the person who wrote this does not know the
difference between Tibetan and Sanskrit, but maybe that is
not true? Interesting, i think, and it makes me curious.
Jonathan
--
J. Silk
Leiden University
Leiden University
Institute for Area Studies, LIAS
Matthias de Vrieshof
3, Room 0.05b
2311 BZ Leiden
The Netherlands
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