Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society, Insituted in Bengal, for Inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. Volume the Second. - Jones, William (Sir ) (ed.); other contributors include Charles Wilkins, Henry Vansittart, Samuel Davis, William Roxburgh

Professionally rebacked by Barbara Schmelzer preserving original endpapers and with remnant of original leather spine laid down Moderate chips and scrapes leather boards with moderate losses of leather at corners of boards Corners of boards strengthened by conservator with Japanese tissue paper A 1" tear the folding plate of the Hindoo Lunar Mansions Pages 268-269 are transposed with pages 272-273 The second volume only of "Asiatick Researches" the name later changed "Asiatic Researches" The scarce Calcutta first edition preceding the London editions iv 502 2 pages 14 plates 5 folding Pages 501-502 have a list of the Society's members at the end of the year 1790 The final leaf has "Corrections" on the recto and is blank on the verso Quarto Page dimensions 288 x 220mm Signature on front endpaper of C Poulett Harris Contemporary full calf boards with gilt decoration borders Rebacked with new calf spine with remnant of original spine laid down Of special interest in this volume are "An Ac...