Item #40661 "Grant to the Early Christian Church of India," [from] Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. VII, 1843. Royal Asiatic Society.

"Grant to the Early Christian Church of India," [from] Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. VII, 1843.

London: Royal Asiatic Society, [1843]. [343-344] pp. + plates. Illus. with six folding lithographic facsimile plates. 8vo. Removed from a larger volume. First edition. Disbound; one plate has small tape repair to fold, one has institutional stamp on margin, else a very good- copy. Item #40661

Facsimiles of a grant made to the Syrian Church in India by one of the early native princes, and rediscovered in 1806. The first five plates are in the ancient Karnataka character, the last plate of signatures is in Cufic, Syriac, and Hebrew.

Price: $35.00

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