Mœurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde / par l'abbé J. A. Dubois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubois, J. A. (Jean Antoine), 1765-1848.

Contributor:

Merlin, J.-S.

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

India--Social life and customs.

India.

Manners and customs.

India--Religious life and customs.

India--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 22 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

A Paris : Chez J. S. Merlin ..., MDCCCXXV [1825]

Contents:

v. I. 1. ptie. Vue de la société, et remarques générales sur les castes. 2. ptie. Des quatres conditions des Brahmes.

v. II. 2. ptie. (suite) 3. ptie. Religion.

Notes:

"Imprimé par autorisation du Roi à l'Imprimerie Royale."

Date appears before imprint on title page.

This is the first French edition, printed from the author's enlarged and revised ms.

Originally published in English and printed at London in 1817, under title: Description of the character, manners, and customs of the people of India, and of their institutions, religious and civil. cf. Editor's preface in 1899 English ed.

Includes index.

Pagination: vol. 1: xxxij, 491 p.; v. 2: 559 p.

Signatures: vol. 1: pi² a-b⁸ 1-30⁸ 31⁶; v. 2: pi² 1-35⁸.

Local Notes:

Lea Library copy has two autographed letters of Dubois laid in.

OCLC:

43145743