Bhoța-Pițaka, Being the Tibetan Collectanea in the Series of Indo-Asian Literatures forming the Śatapițaka: Volume 1, parts 2 and 3: Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary by Dr. Lokesh Chandra. Published by the International Academy of Indian Culture in New Delhi. 1959, Part 2: approx. 200pp, Part 3: approx. 300pp, 9 x 11", 8vo, f
ull green faux morocco cloth with gilt lettering on the front board.
Both volumes are in fair condition, with some exterior soiling and age-related wear. Some white paint spattering to the spines of both volumes. Minor rubbing to extremities. General age-related toning and foxing to the pages. The previous owner left blue-inked faculty stamps throughout the pages. Includes illustrated vignettes throughout both volumes. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing.
A rare collection of two parts of the Tibetan and Sanskrit Dictionary by Dr. Lokesh Chandra. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's blue-inked Yale University faculty stamp can be found throughout this folio.
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