** A HUGE 6FT-TALL STACK [150 CMS] OF ORIGINAL RARE PARTS FROM THIS LONG-RUNNING INDIAN JOURNAL SERIES, c1850s-1900 **

Collection of approx. 259 individual Bibliotheca Indica part-works, printed in Calcutta and covering a wide range of works from the Upanishads etc., mainly in Sanskrit 

[PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR MORE PHOTOS AND FULL LIST OF PARTS IN THIS COLLECTION]

 DETAILS: (Calcutta [mainly, but a few printed in London]): For the Asiatic Society of Bengal , c1850s-1900s. First editions in this form. c259 part-works (fascicules). Bound in original wraps with string bindings. Text mainly in Sanskrit, but a few parts in English. Length of each part-work varies from c70pp to c200pp pages (say 80pp to 90pp on average), making approx, 22,000 pages in total. Collection weighs approx. 40kg with packaging. The UK, US, Canada, and EU shipping rates are quoted. Would customers from other countries please e-mail us for a shipping quote prior to bidding.

CONDITION: Most pamphlets in Very Good to Good condition, a few Near Fine, and a small number Good only. A proportion of the part-works with varying degrees of wear or marking, including a number with detached wraps (or torn of frayed wraps). A number with manuscript titles on spines. Many spines rather frayed and worn with loss of paper covering. Many pages remain uncut as issued by the publisher. Some sunning to pages. Scattered handling marks, but very few tears or stains. Condition varies but here are a few examples of the parts with more wear than average: Sama Veda Sanhita - some old dampstaining to a few wraps, and along bottom edge of text block in some cases. Some fraying with loss to (mainly) margin of a few fascicules. Sayuty's Itqan - marking to a few wraps. The Srauta Sutra of Apastamba - one wrap repaired and one with loss. The Srauta Sutra of Sankhayana - one wrap frayed repaired, a couple of others chipped. The Tabakat-i-Nasiri - text block of one part split into two. Tandya Mahabrahmana - rear of one wrap dirty, another detached. Tattva-Chintamani - a few wraps detached or frayed. The Kala-Viveka - 1 wrap detached and torn. The Vayu Purana - wraps of one part detached and torn. *Photo(s) given of actual book.

CONTENTS: This is a mammoth collection of approx. 259 rare and original part-works, in string-bound wraps, covering a wide variety of oriental works (in mainly Sanskrit, but a few in English, notably 'The Tabakat-i-Nasiri of Minhaj-i-Saraj' and a couple of others). We estimate the total number of pages to be in the region of 22,000. 

The volumes were printed at a number of Indian presses, mainly in Calcutta, including Baptist Mission, Bishops' College, Ganesa, The New Sanskrit and Girica-Vidyaratna. A handful were printed in London (by Gilbert & Rivington and a couple of others).

The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784 in Calcutta to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of its foundation, this Society was named as "Asiatick Society". In 1832 the name was changed to "The Asiatic Society of Bengal" and again in 1936 it was renamed as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal." The Society is housed in a building at Park Street in Kolkata (Calcutta). In 1848, the society started publishing Oriental works - including the Upanishads - in parts under the running title Bibliotheca Indica. Each title - some of which spanned dozens of parts over many years - was edited by a competent scholar aided by a staff of pundits. Dr. E. Roer was appointed as chief editor. Almost 325 titles (made up of many hundreds of parts) have been published under the series. The society's web site can be found here: http://www.asiaticsocietycal.com/publications/index.htm

Here is the complete list of titles and parts on offer in this collection:

'The Agni Pura'na. A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition'. 1870-79. Edited by Ra'jendrala'la Mitra. Fascicules II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV.

'Anu Bhashyam'. 1897. By Pandit Hemchandra Vidyaratna. Fascicule IV.

'The Asvavaidyaka. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Horse'. 1886. Compiled by Jayadatta Su'ri. Fascicules IV, V.

'The Alamgir-Namah. By Muhamad Kazim Ibn-i Muhammad Amin Munshi'. 1866. Edited by Mawlawis Khaim Husain and Abd al-Hai. Fascicule VI.

'The A'thharvana Upanishads, with the Commentary of Na'ra'yana'. 1872-74. Edited by Ra'mamaya Tarkaratna. Professor of Rhetoric, Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Fascicules I, II, IV, V.

'Bhamati, a Gloss on Sankara A'cha'rya's Commentary on the Brahma Sutras. By Vachaspati Misra'. 1876-78. Edited by Pandit Bala Sastri. Professor of Hindu Law, Benares Sanskrit College. Fascicules III, IV, V, VI.

'The Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad, with the Commentary of Sankara Acharya'. 1850-51. Translated by Dr. E. Roer. Fascicule I, II. Text in English.

'Brhad-Dharma-Puranam'. 1895. Edited by Pandit Haraprasad Sastri. Fascicule V.

'The Chhandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda, Extracts from the Commentary of Sankara Acharyya'. 1854. Translated by Rajendralal Mittra. Fascicule I. Text in English.

'The Catapatha Brahmana of the White Yajurveda, with the Commentary of Sayana Acarya'. Edited by Satyavrata Samasrami. Vol. 1. Fascicules II, III, IV, V, VI, VII; Vol. 2. Fascicules I, II, IV, V; Vol. 3. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, VI, VII; Vol. 5. Fascicules I, II, III, IV.

'Gobhili'ya Grihya Su'tra, with a Commentary by the Editor'. 1871-79. Edited by Chandrakanta Tarkalankara. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, X.

'Ka'la Ma'dhava'. 1887. Pandit Chandraka'nta Tarkalankara. Fascicule III.

'The Kala-Viveka'. 1897. Edited by Pandit Madhusudana Smrtiratna. Late Professor, Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Fascicules I, II.

'The Katantra with the Commentary of Durgasimha.' 1878. Edited by Julius Eggeling. Fascicules V, VI (bound as one).

'The Kurma Purana'. 1887-90. Edited by Nilmani Mukhopadhyaya Nyayalankara, Professor, Presidency College, Calcutta. Fascicules III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX.

'The Lalita Vistara, or the Memoirs of the Early Life of Sakya Sinha'. 1858-77. Edited by Rajendralala Mitra. Fascicules V, VI.

'The Markandeya Purana'. 1896-97. Translated by F. E. Pargiter, Bengal Civil Service. Fascicules IV, V.

'The Mimamsa Darsana, with the Commentary of Savara Swamin'. 1867-87. Edited by Pandita Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. Fascicules V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XIX. 

'Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh by Abd-ul-Qadir Bin Maluk Shah known as Al-Badaoni'. 1884-89. Translated from the original Persian by W. H. Lowe. Text in English. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V.

'The Nirkuta. With Commentaries'. 1880-91. Edited by Pandit Satyavrata Samasrami. Vol 1. Fascicules I, II, III, IV. Vol. 3. Fascicules V, VI. Vol. 4. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII. 

'Narada Smriti'. 1885. Edited by Julius Jolly. Vol. 1. Fascicule I.

'The Nyaya Darsana of Gotama, with the Commentary of Vatsyayana'. 1864. Edited by Pandita Jayanarayana Tarkapanchanana. Fascicule II. 

'Nyaya-Kusumanjali-Prakaranam'. Edited by Mahamahopadhyaya Chandrakanta Tarkalankara. Vol. 2. Fascicule II.

'The Nitisara, or the Elements of Polity, by Kamandaki. With a Commentary'. 1876-84. Edited by Jaganmohan Tarkalankara. Facsicules IV, V.

'Parasara Smriti'. 1888-91. By Pandit Chandrakanta Tarkalankara. Vol. 1. Fascicules VI, VII, VIII. Vol. 2. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Vol. 3. Fascicules I, II, III, V.

'The Prithiraja Rasau of Chand Bardai'. 1873-86. Edited by John Beames, Bengal Civil Service. Part 1. Fascicule I, Part 2. Fascicules I, II, IV, V.

'Sama Veda Sanhita with the Commentary of Sayana Acharya'. 1871-78. Edited by Satyavrata Samasrami. Vol. 1. Fascicules I, II, VII, VIII, IX, X. Vol. 2. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V. Vol. 3. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. Vol. 4. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Vol. 5. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII.

'The Sanhita of the Black Yajur Veda, with the Commentary of Madhava Acharya'. 1854-96. Edited by Dr. E. Roer. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, XXVI, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

'Sankara-Vijaya, or the Life and Polemics of Sankara Acharyya, by Ananda Giri'. 1868. Edited by Jayanarayana Tarkapanchanana, Professor of Nyaya in the Sanskrit College of Calcutta. Fascicules II, III.

'Sayuty's Itqan on the Exegetic Sciences of the Qoran'. 1853-54. Edited by Mowlawies Basherhood-Deen and Noorool-Haqq, Professors of the Calcutta Madresah with an Analysis by Dr. A. Sprengler. Fascicules II, III, IV, V, VI, X.

'The Srauta Sutra of Apastamba Belonging to the Black Yajur Veda, with the Commentary of Rudradatta'. 1882-97. Edited by Dr. Richard Garbe. Vol. 1. Fascicule V. Vol. 2. Fascicules VI, VII, VIII, XII. Vol 3. Fascicules XIII, XIV.

'The Srauta Sutra of Asvalayana, with the Commentary of Gargya Narayana'. 1874. Edited by Ramanarayana Vidyaratna. Fascicule XI.

'The Srauta Sutra of Latyayana. With the Commentary of Agniswami'. 1870. Edited by Anandachandra Vedantavagisa. Fascicules III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII.

'The Srauta Sutra of Sankhayana'. 1886-95. Edited by Dr. Alfred Hillebrandt. Vol. 1. Fascicules III, IV, V, VI, VII. Vol. 2. Fascicules I, II, III, IV. Vol. 3. Fascicules I, II, III, IV.

'Sthaviravalicharita or Parisishtaparvan being an Appendix of the Trishashtisalakapurushacharita by Hemachandra'. 1885-86. Edited by Hermann Jacobi. Fascicules III, IV, V.

'The Susruta-Samhita. The Hindu System of Medicine According to Susruta'. 1883. Translated from the Sanskrit by Udoy Chand Dutt, Civil Medical Officer. Fascicule I. Text in English.

'The Tabakat-i-Nasiri of Minhaj-i-Saraj, Abu Umr-i-Usman, SOn of Muhammad-i-Minhaj, Al-Jurjani'. 1873-76. Translated from the Persian by Major H. G. Raverty, Bombay Army (Retired). Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (bound as 4 parts). Text in English.

'Tandya Mahabrahmana with the Commentary of Sayana Acharyya'. 1870-73. Edited by Anandachandra Vedantavagisa. Fascicules V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XIII, XIX.

'Tattva-Chintamani'. 1885-97. Edited by Pandita Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna. Vol. 1. Fascicules II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. VOL. 2. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X. Vol. 3. Fascicules I, II, III. Vol. 4. Fascicules I, II, III, IV, V. Vol. 5. Fascicules I, II. [Several numbers corrected in MS on front wraps - we have used the corrected numbers].

'Tulsi Satsai with a short Commentary'. 1897. Edited by Pandit Bihari Lal Chaube, of the Subordinate Educational Service, Bengal, Late Translator and Scholar, Benares College. Fascicule V.

'The Upamitibhavaprapancha Katha of Siddharshi'. 1899. Edited by Peter Peterson. Fascicule II.

'The Uvasagadasao'. 1886-87. Edited by Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. Prakrit text, Sanskrit commentary. Fascicules II, III.

'The Varaha Purana'. 1887. Edited by Pandit Hrishikesa Sastri. Professor, Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Fascicule I.

'The Vayu Purana. A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition'. 1879-88. Edited by Raja Rajendralala Mitra. Vol. 1. Fascicule I. Vol 2. Fascicules III, VII.

'The Vrihannaradiya Purana'. 1887-88. Edited by Pandit Hrishikesa Sastri. Professor, Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Fascicules III, IV, V.