The Works of Sir William Jones
With the Life of the Author by Lord Teignmouth
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society; Volume 4;
- Publisher's listprice GBP 37.99
-
19 226 Ft (18 311 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 1 923 Ft off)
- Discounted price 17 304 Ft (16 480 Ft + 5% VAT)
19 226 Ft
Availability
Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Edition number and title Volume 4
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 28 March 2013
- ISBN 9781108055710
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages460 pages
- Size 216x140x26 mm
- Weight 580 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 b/w illus. 0
Categories
Short description:
The complete thirteen-volume works, with memoir, of the orientalist and poet Sir William Jones (1746-94), first published in 1807.
MoreLong description:
A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones (1746-94) was a lawyer, translator and poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics and oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations and political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study and translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next eleven years introducing Europe to the mysticism and rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontal&&&225;, influencing Romantic writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. Volume 4 of his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones' extensive Indic scholarship and translations published in British periodicals such as Asiatick Researches and The Asiatick Miscellany, and includes the unprecedented 'On the Musical Modes of the Hindus' (1792) and 'On the Mystical Poetry of the Persians and Hindus' (1791).
MoreTable of Contents:
1. On the chronology of the Hindus; 2. A supplement to the essay on Indian chronology; 3. Note to Mr Vansittart's paper; 4. On the antiquity of the Indian zodiak; 5. On the literature of the Hindus, from the Sanscrit; 6. On the second classical book of the Chinese; 7. The lunar year of the Hindus; 8. On the musical modes of the Hindus; 9. On the mystical poetry of the Persians and Hindus; 10. Gitagovinda, or the song of Jayadeva; 11. Remarks upon the island of Hinzuan, or Johanna; 12. A conversation with Abraham, an Abyssinian; 13. On the course of the Nile; 14. On the Indian game of chess; 15. An Indian grant of land; 16. Inscriptions on the staff of Firuz Shah; 17. On the baya or Indian gros-beak; 18. On the pangolin of Bahar; 19. On the loris, or slow-paced lemur; 20. On the cure of the elephantiasis; 21. On the cure of the elephantiasis, and other disorders of the blood; 22. Tales and fables, by Nizami.
More
