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Lot 321

LORD (HENRY)
A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East Indies. Viz. The Sect of the Banians, the Ancient Natives of India and the Sect of the Perses, the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia, together with the Religion and Maners of Each Sect, 2 parts in one vol.

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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LORD (HENRY)

A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East Indies. Viz. The Sect of the Banians, the Ancient Natives of India and the Sect of the Perses, the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia, together with the Religion and Maners of Each Sect, 2 parts in one vol., first edition, engraved historiated title by William Marshall, letterpress parts titles, without final blank, ownership inscription of "Climt. Kynnersley, 1636" on title, blue crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e. [STC 16825], small 4to, T. and R. Cotes, for Fra. Constable, 1630

Footnotes

Henry Lord was the chaplain to the East India Company at Surat in Gujarat, from 1624 until 1629. Whilst there he made a study of the customs of the natives, this two-part treatise offering "an invaluable account of Hindu and Parsi cosmography for European readers" (ODNB), that on "Banians" including one of the earliest known descriptions of Hinduism in a European language.

Clement Kynnersley, the early owner, is probably the Kynnersley who was a Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe to both King Charles I and Charles II.

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