The light of Asia / Edwin Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904, author.

Contributor:

Sanborn, Annie Hanson, 1862-1917, associated name, former owner.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

Altemus' new illustrated vademecum series ; 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism.

Genre:

Poetry.

Publisher's advertisements.

Physical Description:

239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 16 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus, [1897]

Contents:

Preface

The light of Asia

After death in Arabia

She and he.

Notes:

Binding is format 3 for Vademecum series (early numbering), used 1894-1898, specifically that used 1897 (on cloth-covered left board in various colors, within a dotted gilt border a central wreath of green and gilt shamrocks and four corner decorations (colored and gilt five-petaled flower with green and gilt shamrocks) . See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm (viewed 6 August 2026).

Title in red within green floriate border; half-title in red on green decorative background.

Preface dated at end: London, July, 1879.

Series name and volume number from publisher's advertisement.

Publisher's advertisement: Pages [2]-[15] at end of volume.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare PR4012 .L5 1897 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Dated 19th-century manuscript inscription ("Annie E. Sanborn from H.L.S. Dec. 25, 1897") recording the gift of this volume to Annie Etta Sanborn (née Hanson; 1862-1917) of Acton, Maine, for Christmas 1897 on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

1610462306