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Asiatick Researches 4 vol 1798 Jones, William

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Volume 1 of Asiatick Researches: Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature of Asia and Asiatick Researches Volumes 2-4 by Sir William Jones and others. London Printed at Calcutta and reprinted for Vernon and Hood 1798 (Volumes 3 and 4 were printed in 1799). 4 Volume Very Well Made Full Leather set. All 4 are in very good shape. Volume 3 does have a chip out of its leather on the spine. These books contain early reports on the Far East including the first published account of Tibet by an Englishman. These volumes also includes studies of eastern arts, sciences and literature, including chapters on the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India, the chronology of the Hindus, the Indian game of chess, the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac, the plants of India, an account of Nepal, and a discourse on the method of catching wild elephants. Fold out maps etc 483, 497, 602, and 455 pgs. 8 1/2 by 5 1/2"