Sacred Books of the East – Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, The Koran, Life of Buddha

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$50.00

Sacred Books of the East, Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, The Koran, and the Life of Buddha, Ephiphanius Wilson (Compiler), Hawthorne, Julian (Editor). The Colonial Press, London/New York, 1900. University Collection Authors’ Edition, The World’s Great Classics. Limited To 1000 Copies. 8vo up to 9½” tall. 455 pages. Beige cloth boards with gilt top edge and rough-cut front edge. Frontispiece of a rare photogravure of Mohammed protected by tissue guard; glossy facsimile of Chinese print illustrating The Death of The Buddha. Binding tight and square; fading to spine label and a few faint smudge marks front endpapers; otherwise in fine condition without markings, tears etc.   000373            $50