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Ward, Rev. William: : A View of the History, Literature and Religion of the Hindoos: including a Minute Description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their Principal Works [...] The fifth edition, carefully abridged and greatly improved with a biographical sketch of the author, and an ample index

8vo. pp. xvi, 429, [i] + 6 lithographed plates with original hand-colour. Publisher’s cloth, neatly rebacked, with printed advertisement on lower pastedown. Modern bookplate.

Ward was a Baptist missionary in India at the very beginning of the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1811, Ward’s account became established as a standard work on the subject, with a number of editions published over the following half century or so.

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