Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive, with anecdotes of the court life and wild sports of the country in the time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G.C.B. to which is added an essay on Nipalese Buddhism and illus. of religious monuments, architecture, and scenery, from the author's own drawings

Oldfield, Henry Ambrose

Published by W. H. Allen, London, 1880

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 418, [2] ads; [4], 364, 44 (ads), [4] ads; 18 plates (6 chromolithographs) including 2 chromolithograph frontispieces; original green cloth stamped in gilt and black; evidence of something removed from the upper covers (not offensive), some chaffing along the lower joint of volume II; all else very good, clean and reasonably sound. "Geographical and historical description of Nepal, with notes on Buddhism, festivals, and etc. Dr. Oldfield first went to Kathmandu in 1850 as Residency surgeon, serving in this post until 1863." Oldfield spent over thirty years in India, principally in Nepal. There are few books of this period on the area, and virtually none written with such authority and covering every aspect of the private life, political relations, sport and religion of the country. Czech (Asia) pp.153-4; Yakushi O36.

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• Title: Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive, with anecdotes of the court life and wild sports of the country in the time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G.C.B. to which is added an essay on Nipalese Buddhism and illus. of religious monuments, architecture, and scenery, from the author's own drawings
• Publisher: W. H. Allen, London
• Publication Date: 1880
• Edition: 1st Edition
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