Author: BAIN (Francis William)
Title: Ten works translated from the original manuscripts by Francis William Bain, with presentation inscriptions from Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Edith Beatty, wife of Alfred Chester Beatty.
Description: London: James Parker and Co.; Methuen & Co., Ltd. 1899. 10 vols., small 4to (230 x 150 mm), orig. boards, a little worn and soiled, vol. 6 with a waterstain to covers and spine. 1. A Digit of the Moon: A Hindoo Love Story Translated from the Original MS. by F. W. Bain. 1899. No presentation inscription but with Cockerell's calling card inscribed in pencil "With all good wishes for Christmas", also loosely inserted is a A.L.s from Bain to Cockerell. 2. The Descent of the Sun: A Cycle of Birth... 1903. Inscribed. 3. A Draught of the Blue... 1905. Inscribed. 4. In the Great God's Hair... 1904. Inscribed. 5. A Heifer of the Dawn... 1904. Inscribed. 6. An Essence of the Dusk... 1906. Inscribed. 7. A Mine of Faults... 1909. Inscribed. 8. The Ashes of a God... 1911. Inscribed. 9. An Echo of the Spheres: Rescued from Oblivion. 1919. Inscribed. 10. The Substance of a Dream... 1919. Inscribed. Provenance: Presentation copies from Sydney Cockeerell to Edith Beatty, wife of Alfred Chester Beatty.

Keywords: HINDOO MANUSCRIPTS TRANSLATIONS