Śakoontalá :
or, The lost ring, an Indian drama /
tr. into English prose and verse from the Sanskrit of Kálidása, by Monier Williams.

Description

Main Author

Kālidāsa

Related Names

Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir, 1819-1899, translator.
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914
Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir, 1819-1899, tr.

Language(s)

English ; Sanskrit

Published

New York : Dodd, Mead and company, 1885.

Subjects

Monier-Williams, Monier, > Monier-Williams, Monier, / Sir, > Monier-Williams, Monier, / Sir, / 1819-1899
De Vinne, Theodore Low, > De Vinne, Theodore Low, / 1828-1914
De Vinne, Theodore Low, > De Vinne, Theodore Low, / 1828-1914
Monier-Williams, Monier, > Monier-Williams, Monier, / Sir, > Monier-Williams, Monier, / Sir, / 1819-1899 > Monier-Williams, Monier, / Sir, / 1819-1899 / tr.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Plays > Plays / 1885.
Bookbinding (Binding)

Note

Bound in full green levant morocco and doublure of russet levant morocco tooled in gold, with same designs, by Riviere; gilt edges; original illuminated wrappers bound in at end.
"This edition, consisting of four copies on vellum, numbered from one to four, and one hundred and ten copies on Japan paper, numbered from five to one hundred and fourteen, was printed in the month of November, 1885, of which this is no. 1."--Theo. L. De Vinne & co.
"The first English translation, in prose and verse, of the true and pure version of the most celebrated drama of the Shakspere of India."--Introd., signed M. W., 1856.
On vellum, with illuminated borders, initials and head-pieces.

Physical Description

2 p. l., xx p., 1 l., 236 p., 1 l. 26 cm.

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