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Fine later leather binding of Sir William Jones's Sacontalá
01 · Leather binding
Three-quarter view of the binding and spine of Sacontalá
02 · Binding and spine · three-quarter view
Title page of Sir William Jones's 1792 Sacontalá
03 · Title page · London, 1792
Alfred B. Perlman ownership label on the marbled endpaper of Sacontalá
04 · Provenance · Alfred B. Perlman ownership label

1792 · First English edition

Sacontalá

Sir William Jones

The first English edition of Kalidasa's celebrated Sanskrit drama.

The work that helped ignite European Romantic fascination with Sanskrit literature.

Publication
London, 1792
Language
English
Format
Octavo
Completeness
To be verified against the final catalogue record.
Condition
Full condition statement in preparation.
Provenance
From the library of Alfred B. Perlman, with his ownership label.
Rarity
A landmark in the European reception of Sanskrit literature.
Status
On request
LiteratureSanskrit & Translation
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