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17865 BASTIAN, die Weltauffassung der Buddhisten, 8vo. sd. 1s 6d

Berlin, 1870

17866 BARTHÉLEMY SAINT-HILAIRE (J.) le Bouddha et sa Religion, troisième edition, 12mo. hf. calf, 10s

Paris, 1866

17867 BIGANDET, Life or Legend of Gaudama the Buddha of the Burmese, with annotations, the ways to Niebban [Nirvana], 8vo. cloth, 15s

17868

Rangoon, 1866 the same, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 12s 1880 The best work on the most archaic form of Buddhism as still preserved in Burma. This is a reprint of the author's second edition.

17869 BURNOUF (E.) Introduction à l'histoire du Buddhisme Indien, Tome premier (all published), large 4to. sd. 36s; hf. morocco, £2.

17870 17871

deuxième édition, roy. 8vo. sd. 18s

Paris, 1844
Paris, 1876

Lotus de la Bonne Loi, traduit du Sanscrit, avec un commentaire et vingt et un mémoires relatifs au Buddhisme, large 4to. sd. £3. 10s

Paris, 1852 Saddharma Pundarika is the Sanscrit name of this work, which was chosen by Burnouf as one of the best suited for an exposition of the doctrines and history of Buddhism.

17872 CUNNINGHAM (Alex.) the Bhilsa Topes or Buddhist monuments of Central India . . rise, progress, and decline of Buddhism, 8vo. 33 plates, hf. morocco, £2. 12s 6d

17873

17874

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1854 Ladak, physical, statistical, and historical, roy. 8vo. maps and plates, some coloured, £2.

1854

the Stupa of Bharhut, a Buddhist monument ornamented with sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legend and history in the third century B.c. imp. 4to. numerous photographs and woodcuts, cloth gilt, £3.

1879

17875 DESCHAMPS (A.) Origines du Bouddhisme; Discipline Bouddhique ; 2 tracts, 8vo. sd. 5s Paris, 1861-62 17876 DHAMMAPADA, a collection of verses, being one of the Canonical books of the Buddhists, translated from the Pali, by Max Müller, 8vo. cloth, 8s Oxford, 1881 17877 DHAMMAPADA, the Buddhist canon, texts from, translated from the Chinese by Samuel Beal, 8vo. cloth, 58

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1878 17878 DIPAVAMSA, an ancient Buddhist record, Pali and English, by Herm. Oldenberg, 8vo. sd. 98

EDKIN'S CHINESE RELIGIONS-see No. 17915.

1879

17879 EITEL (E. J.) Handbook for the Student of Chinese Buddhism, 8vo. sd. 36s Hongkong, 1870

17880

A Dictionary of Sanscrit words (in Roman characters, as well as the Pali, Burmese and Tibetan equivalents) and the corresponding Chinese phrases, with an English explanation.

Chinese Buddhism, a volume of sketches, historical, descriptive, and critical, 8vo. cloth, 12s

1880

17881 FA HIAN'S Pilgrimage, from the French edition of the Foe Koue Ki, with additional notes, 8vo. cloth, 20s

Calcutta, 1848

17883 FA HIAN and Sung Yun, Buddhist pilgrims, Travels from China to India, 400 A.D. and 518 A.D., translated from the Chinese by Samuel Beal, sm. 8vo. map, cloth, 5s

1869

17884 Foucaux, le Bouddhisme au Tibet, 8vo. sd. 1s 6d Paris, 1864 17885 FRANCKLIN (W.) Researches on the tenets and doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists, with a discussion on the worship of the Serpent, 4to. plates, bds. 7s 6d

1827 17886 FRIEDERICH (R. H. T.) over Inscriptien van Java en Sumatra, voor het eerst ontcijferd, 4to. plates, bds. 7s (Batavia, 1852) 17887 HARDY (R. Spence) Eastern Monachism: an account of the origin, laws, discipline, rites, sacred writings, etc. etc. of the order of Mendicants founded by Gotama Budha, compiled from Singhalese MSS. 8vo. cloth, scarce, 24s

17888

17889

17890

17891

1850

Manual of Budhism in its modern development, 8vo. cloth, 12s; or, calf neat, 15s

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1853 the same, 8vo. cloth, a somewhat used copy from Dr. Burnell's library, 14s

the same, second edition, 8vo. cloth, 16s

1853

1880

An excellent work in spite of the author's prejudice that, while Christianity was of divine, Buddhism was of a contrary origin; and his missionary eagerness to substitute one set of myths for another, as the highest benefaction the Eastern world could receive.

Legends and Theories of the Buddhists compared with history and science, with notices of the life of Gotama Buddha, sm. 8vo. cloth, 12s

1866

1874

17892 HODGSON (B. H.) Essays on the languages, literature, and religion of Nepal and Tibet, roy. 8vo. cloth, 10s JOHNSON (Sam.) Buddhism—see No. 17830.

17893 KAMMAVAKYA: de Officiis Sacerdotum Buddhicorum, Palice et Latine, 8vo. sd. 1s 6d

Bonnæ, 1841

--for the original text, see Catalogue of Oriental books. 17894 KERN (H.) Jaartelling der zuidelijke Buddhisten en de gedenkstukken van Açoka, 4to. sd. 5s Amsterdam, 1873

17895 KOEPPEN (C. F.) die Religion des Buddha, und die Lamaische Hierarchie und Kirche, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 25s Berlin, 1857-59

17896 MÜLLER (Max) Buddhism and Buddhist Pilgrims,8vo. sd. 1s 6d 1857 17897 NEVE (Felix) de l'antériorité du Brahmanisme sur le Bouddhisme; état présent des études sur le Bouddhisme; le Bouddhisme, son fondateur, ses écritures; 3 tracts, 8vo. sd. 7s 6d 1845-46-54 17898 RAJENDRALALA MITRA, BUDDHA GAYA, the Hermitage of Sakya Muni, roy. 4to, numerous plates, and fine photographs, cloth, £2.15s Calcutta, 1878 17899 SCHMIDT (I. J.) Verwandschaft der gnostisch-theosophischen Lehren mit dem Buddhaismus, 1828; Grundlehren des Buddhaismus, 2 parts, 1829-30; die dritte Welt der Buddhaisten, 1831; die tausend Buddhas, 1832; das Mahajana und Pradschna-Paramita, 1836-SCHOTT (W.) über den Buddhaismus in Hochasien und in China, 1846; zur Literatur des chinesischen Buddhismus, 1873-together 8 parts in 1 vol. 4to. hf. calf neat, 25s 1828-73

17900 SCHOEBEL, le Bouddha et le Bouddhisme, 8vo. sd. 2s 6d Paris, 1857 17901 SENART (E.) Essai sur la Légende du Buddha, son caractère et ses origines, 8vo. sd. 10s

17902

Paris, 1875 ib. 1881

les Inscriptions de Piyadasi, Tome I, 8vo. sd. 10s 17903 VINAYA TEXTS, translated from the Pali by Rhys Davids and Herman Oldenberg, part 1: the Patimokkha, the Mahavagga, 8vo. cloth, 7s 17904 VASILIEV. Der Buddhismus, seine Dogmen, Geschichte und Literatur von Wassiljew, Erster Theil, aus dem Russ. übersetzt (von Benfey), 8vo. hf. bd. 128 St. Petersb. 1860

8. ANCIENT EGYPT.

Oxford, 1881

17905 BUNSEN (Christian C. J.) Egypt's place in universal history, an historical investigation in five books, translated from the German by Ch. H. Cottrell, with additions by Samuel BIRCH (comprising the Book of the Dead, a Chrestomathy, and a complete Hieroglyphic Dictionary and Grammar), 5 vols. 8vo. numerous engravings, cloth, £11. 1848-67

17906 CHAMPOLLION LE JEUNE, Monuments de l'Egypte et de la Nubie d'après les dessins exécutés sur les lieux, 4 vols. atlas folio, containing 400 splendid engravings, many beautifully coloured, bds. £15. Paris, 1835-45 17907 WILKINSON ([Sir] J. G.) Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 3 vols.; second series, 3 vols. ; together 6 vols. 8vo. 94 plates, some coloured, and over 500 woodcuts, cloth, not uniform, £4. 5s 1837-41 17908 PRISSE D'AVENNES, Monuments Egyptiens pour faire suite aux Monuments de Champollion, atlas folio, frontispiece and 50 plates, some COLOURED, hf. russia, £5. Paris, 1847 17909 GLIDDON, Otia Ægyptiaca : Discourses on Egyptian Archæology and Hieroglyphical Discoveries, 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d; calf gilt, 58 17910 HERMES TRISMEGISTUS. Patricii (Fr.) Nova Philosophica : Zoroaster et ejus oracula, Hermetis Poemander, Sermones, &c. 16mo. green vellum, 258 Hamburgi, 1593

1849

17911 PIERRET (Paul) le Panthéon Egyptien, 8vo. 75 woodcuts, sd. 18s

Paris, 1881 17912 PRICHARD (J. C.) Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology, roy. 8vo. plates, calf, 10s

1819

17913 LEPSIUS, DENKMAELER AUS ÆGYPTEN und Ethiopien, nach den Zeichnungen der von dem Könige von Preussen nach diesen Ländern gesendeten wissenschaftlichen Expedition, 1842-45, 12 vols. elephant folio, and 1 vol. of Introductory Text, impl. 4to. 899 lithographed and coloured plates, A COMPLETE COPY, £55. Berlin, 1849-59 Few books can equal the "Monuments of Lepsuis" in grandeur and completeness of design, or in the perfect style of its execution.

17914 ROSELLINI, Monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia, 3 vols. elephant folio, containing 390 plates, many of them splendidly COLOURED, and 9 vols. 8vo. of text; together 12 vols. hf. morocco gilt, £36. Pisa, 1832-44

9.

NON-BUDDHIST CHINA.

17915 EDKINS (Joseph) Religion in China, containing a brief account of the three Religions of the Chinese, 8vo. cloth, 68 1878 17916 LEGGE (James) the Religions of China: Confucianism and Taoism described, sm. 8vo. cloth, 5s

17917

17918

17919

Chinese Classics, Vols. I-V, in 8 vols. roy. 8vo.

1880

Hongkong, 1861-72

the same, Vols. I-III, in 4 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. bd. £4.

1861-65 Containing the Confucian Analects, the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean; the works of Mencius; the Shoo King.

Yi King; Shu King, Shih King, Hsiao King (Vols.
III and XVI of the Sacred Books of the East), translated by
Legge, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 158
Oxford, 1879-82

10. EUROPE.

Helleno-Italic Mythology:

17920 BINET (B.) Traité historique des Dieux et des Demons du Paganisme, 12mo. autograph of A. A. Renouard, blue morocco extra, smooth back and gilt edges, by Bisiaux, with his ticket partly torn off, from the Beckford library, £2. 28 Delff, 1696 17921 BOETTICHER (C.) Baumkultus der Hellenen und

22 plates, sd. 12s 17922 BOISSIER, la Religion Romaine, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 15s 17923 CONSTANT (Benjamin) du Polythéisme Romain

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Römer, 8vo.
Berlin, 1856
Paris, 1874
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d'une introduction de J. Matter, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 12s Paris, 1833 17924 BOUCHÉ-LECLERCQ, Histoire de la Divination dans l'antiquité, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 20s Paris, 1879-80

On the religious rites and practices of the Greeks and Romans, the Sibyls, Oracles, &c. 17925 DU CHOUL (Guill.) Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains, sm. folio, First Edition, LARGE PAPER, numerous fine woodcuts, fine copy in old calf, VERY RARE, 36s Lyon, G. Rouille, 1556 The engravings are chiefly representations of the various cults and sacrificial customs of the Romans, taken from the figures on gems, medals, etc. 17926 LA CHAU, Dissertation sur les attributs de Vénus, 4to. with the beautiful frontispiece after Titian, green vellum, lettered Miscellanea, £2. 28

Bound up with several other pieces.

Paris, 1776

17927 MYTHOS ALTER DICHTER in bildlichen Darstellungen, 8vo. 60 fine plates by Stöber, after Ender, morocco extra, gold tooled sides, gilt edges, £5.

Wien, 1815

17928 OVERBECK (J.) Beiträge zur Erkenntniss und Kritik der Zeus

religion, imp. 8vo. sd. 2s 6d

Leipzig, 1861

17929 TZSCHIRNER (H. G.) Fall des Heidenthums,

Band I (all

published), thick 8vo. bds. 2s 6d.

Leipzig, 1829

Celtic Mythology:

17930 DAVIES (Edward) Celtic Researches; origin, tradition, and language of the ancient Britons, roy. 8vo. cloth, 12s

17931

1804 Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, roy. 8vo. frontispiece, bds. 18s 1809 17932 FRICKII Commentatio de Druidis, sm. 4to. frontispiece and plates, bds. 5s

Ulma, 1744

17933 HUGHES (John) Hora Britannica... disquisitions on the national and religious antiquities of Great Britain, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 16s

Teutonic and Scandinavian :

17934 GRIMM (Jacob) Deutsche Mythologie, 8vo. hf. bd. 5s

*1818

Göttingen, 1835 zweite Ausgabe, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 10s ib. 1844 dritte Ausgabe, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. bd. 128

17935
17936
17937 HOLTZMANN (Adolf) Deutsche Mythologie, 8vo. sd. 7s 6d

ib. 1854

Leipzig, 1874

Göttingen, 1852

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17937*WOLF (J. W.) Beiträge zur deutschen Mythologie, 8vo. cloth, 2s 6d 17938 ANDERSON (R. B.) Norse Mythology; or the Religion of our forefathers, containing all the myths of the Eddas systematized and interpreted, with introduction, vocabulary, and index, by R. B. Anderson, sm. 8vo. cloth, 10s Chicago, 1879 17939 EDDA SÆMUNDAR hinns Froda; Edda Rhythmica seu antiquior vulgo Sæmundina dicta: Carmina mythico-historica de Volsungis, Budlingis, et Niflungis, etc. Islandice Latine, cum notis, glossariis, 3 vols. 4to. facsimiles of MSS. calf gilt, £3. 10s Hafn. 1787-1828 17940 EDDA, den ældra, udgivet af Munch, 8vo. sd. 3s Christiania, 1847 17941 -handudgave ved Grundtvig, 8vo. hf. calf, 7s Köbenhavn, 1874 17942 THORPE (B.) Northern Mythology, the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. frontispiece, hf. bd. 36s

1852-53

17943 VIGFUSSON and YORK POWELL, Corpus Poeticum Boreale; the poetry of the old Northern tongue from the earliest time to the thirteenth century, edited, classified, and translated, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 35s Oxford, 1883

This is a book that may be called "epoch-making." Profound learning and critical sagacity are united here with a full knowledge of the results of comparative science. It is the first time that old Norse legends and lays have been treated by properly-equipped scholars.

Lapponic:

17944 LEEMII de Lapponibus Finmarchiæ eorumque lingua, vita, et religione pristina commentatio, cum notis, Danice et Latine, 4to. 101 plates, cloth, £2. 10s Kiobenhavn, 1876

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