Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring: Indian Drama

Monier Williams, Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring: Indian Drama, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1855

xxv; pp 227, 27; elaborate binding - for the publisher, Stephen Austin of Hertford - by Zaehnsdorf , full green publishers cloth binding, heavily decorated in gilt with a central pictorial roundel within a floral design, title also gilt decorated, title in gilt on spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, elaborate endpapers; title enclosed within red-ruled border; colour printed head and tail-pieces, borders, and an added colour-printed title, plus 14 full-page colour lithographic plates.
9 x 7.4 in (22.5 x 18.5 cm)

The publisher issued the book in various bindings, including cloth and half-leather. "The pictorial borders to the illustrations, as well as that round each page, and the other ornaments and decorations, are taken from MSS in the British Museum and the Library of the East India House. They have been designed by Mr T Sulman Jun, and engraved by Mr George Measom."

An extraordinarily lavish production in good condition.

An episode from the Mahabharata. Monier Williams later became Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford.

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