The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being The Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)
hardcover
1891 · Leipzig
by ARNOLD, Edwin
Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1891. hardcover. near fine. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue guard. 246 pages, 12mo, gorgeous Florentine vellum binding with ornate gilt stamping and dark green leather label and panels, beveled edges, metallic filigree endpapers. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. A near fine copy. An adaptation of the Lalitavistara Sutra. Binder's label on preliminary page. (Inventory #: 272552)