Description of the character, manners, and customs of the people of India
Subtitle: and of their institutions, religious and civil
By: by Abbé J. A. Dubois; translated from the French manuscript.
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Published: 1817
Place of publication: London
Number of pages: 565
Subjects: India -- Social life and customs; India -- Civilization; India -- Religion
Notes: The 1st English edition, translated from the original French ms., appeared 1817.  The 1st French edition, from a later ms., revised and much altered by the author, was published 1825, with title, "Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde".  An English translation of this later enlarged ms. was published 1899, with title, "Hindu manners, customs and cermonies".  cf. Editor's pref. in 1899, English version.