Calcutta Original Series No. 23: Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna by Nalinaksha Dutt, With a Foreward by Prof. Louis de la Vallee Poussin. Published by Luzac and Company in London. 1930, 358pp, 6 x 8.5", disbound. 

Condition as-is, folio is disbound, with a section towards the back extremely loosely bound. Previous owner's stamps on title page, along with his pen notations throughout folio. General age-related toning and foxing to pages. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. 

An educational book from the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988): Dutch Orientalist, professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden (1931-1946), and Yale University (1947-1965), and once depicted by legendary Langston Hughes in 'I Wonder, I Wander', as a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages", after a brief meeting on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933. This is a 1930 disbound book on Mahāyāna Buddhism and its connection to Hīnayāna. 

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