A Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities Extracted from the Fourth and Fifth Volumes of Indian Antiquities by Maurice, Thomas - 1800

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FRONT COVER DETACHED. Binding rubbed, spine chipped. Just Good. 5 folding engraved plates. Comparative Religion H.L. Galabin London 1800 half-leather 458 pp,, 21x13cm, Contemporary binder's half-leather. Binding is heavily rubbed. Rear exterior hinge cracked & tender. Corner of one plate lightly stained. Otherwise text slightly foxed. Published in an edition of 250 copies. Page 245 subtitled: "A Dissertation on the Pagan Triads of Deity; Investigating their Source, and Explaining the Symbolic Representations on them, on Sculptures and Medals, Diffused through Asia". Contents: [Chapter 1] The Trinity, a Doctrine revealed to Man in Innocence; On his Fall, Polytheism erected itself on the Misapprehsion of that Doctrine; The Indians divided into Four great tribes and various inferior Casts, but all unite in the Adoration of One grand Triad, Brahma, Veeshnu and Seeva; Hence the Necessity of thoroughly investigating the Subject, and inquiring whence they derived a Tenet so congenial with a… Read More

London: for the author by H.L. Galabin, 1800. First separate edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], [17]-458; folding copper-engraved frontispiece of Vishnu, Brahma, and Seva plus 5 other folding copperplates; contemporary and perhaps original brown cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; binding worn. Essentially an offprint from the author's larger work (Indian Antiquities, 7 vols., 1793-1800), and issued in a separate edition of 250 copies only, but "revised, newly arranged, and divided into chapters." DNB calls him "one of the first to popularise a knowledge of the history and religions of the east."

London: for the author by H.L. Galabin, 1801. Second separate edition, 8vo, pp. [4], [17]-460; folding copper-engraved frontispiece of Vishnu, Brahma, and Seva plus 5 other folding copper-plates; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; very good and sound. Without the 2-leaf Advertisement in the first separate edition of the previous year, and with the pagination gone awry at 2E1. Essentially an offprint from the author's larger work (Indian Antiquities, 7 vols., 1793-1800), but "revised, newly arranged, and divided into chapters." DNB calls Maurice "one of the first to popularize a knowledge of the history and religions of the east."

Extracted From The Fourth and Fifth Volumes of Indian Antiquities.
This octavo work reprinting the Asiatic Trinities section from the Author's seven volume series, Indian Antiquities. 250 copies published at 14s. Printed for the Author by H.L. Galabin, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch Street, 1800. With the Folding copper engraved frontispiece of Vishnu, Brahma, and Sev. Additionally, 5 other folding copper plates. Bound in a contemporary calf binding, re-backed to style with label, gilt.
The boards a little worn at the edges, but otherwise very sound. A very good copy
"Maurice has written with uncommon success on the wonderful mythology of the Hindoo religion" - Allibone. pp.vii, (2), 18-458.
"One of the first to popularise a knowledge of the history and religions of the east" – DNB.
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