Sacred books of the East ...
By: with critical and biographical sketches by Epiphanius Wilson, A.M.
Contributors: Dharmaraksha., tr.; Beal, Samuel, 1825-1889, tr.; Müller, F. Max 1823-1900, tr.; Darmesteter, James, 1849-1894, tr.; Sale, George, 1697?-1736, tr.; Wilson, Epiphanius, 1845-1916, ed.
Edition: Limited éd. de luxe.
Series: Literature of the Orient. Byzantine edition
Publisher: The Colonial Press
Published: 1902
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Oriental literature -- Translations into English.
Other titles: Vedas. R̥gveda. English. Selections.; Avesta.; Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Dhammapada. English.; Upanishads.; Koran.; Aṣvaghosha.
Notes: Ed. of 500 copies. This copy not numbered.
Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.
Added t.-p., illuminated: Literature of the Orient. Byzantine ed. Edited, grouped & classified, with introductions & translations, by Sir Edwin Arnold, Max Müller, LL. D., René Basset, PH. D., Richard Gottheil, PH. D. & other oriental scholars. Epiphanius Wilson, A.M., literary editor; Clarence Cook, art editor.
Table of contents: title: Vedic hymns, translation by F.M. Müller.; title: Selections from the Zend-Avesta, translation by J. Darmesteter.; title: The Dhammapada, translation by F.M. Müller.; title: The Upanishads, translation by F.M. Müller.; title: Selections from the Koran, translation by George Sale.; title: Life of Buddha, by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva, tr. from Sanscrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420; from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal.