£300
India, Hindu Philosophy. Samkhyakarika: Colebrooke (Henry, Thomas, translator) & Wilson (Horace Hayman, MA, FRS, translator), The Sánkhya Káriká, or Memorial Verses on the Sánkhya [Samkhya] Philosophy, By Íswara [Isvara] Krishna; Translated from the Sanscrit [Sanskrit], Also The Bháshya or Commentary of Gaurapáda; Translated, and Illustrated by an Original Comment [...], first English editions of each text, Oxford: Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, by S. Collingwood, Printer to the University, 1837, engraved title-page vignette, xiv, 194, [56], [4]pp (publisher's catalogue), later 19th c cloth by Palmer Howe & Co of Manchester, their stamp to ffep, spine with retained sectional chip, folio (28 x 22.5cm)
Provenance: 1) Louis Casartelli (1852-1925), fourth Roman-Catholic Bishop of Salford (1903-1925), scholar and polyglot, elected to The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; his pictorial bookplate enclosing a portrait of Dante to pastedown, E Bibliotheca L.C. Casartelli, No. 4395, his library stamp to title-page: L.C. CASARTELLI/No 202 OR, and gilt L.C.C. monogram to base of spine. 2) Later sold by Arthur Probsthain, Oriental Bookseller, 41 Gt. Russell Street, London WC1B 3PL; 20th c bookseller's ticket to pastedown.
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