Shelfmark
Gm.5.24
Main entry--uniform title
Hitopadeśa. Urdu
Title
Ukhlaqi Hindee, or, Indian ethics, translated from a Persian version of the celebrated Hitoopudes, or Salutary counsel, by Meer Buhadoor Ulee; head moonshee in the Hindoostanee Department of the new college, at Fort William, for the use of the students, under the superintendence of John Gilchrist..
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Aḵẖlāq-i Hindī
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Indian ethics.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Salutary counsel.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Calcutta. : Printed at the Hindoostanee Press., 1803..
Physical description
[4], ii, [1], 171 p. ; 27 cm.
Language
Added t.p. in Urdu with title.
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College on the front flyleaf.
Binding
19th century mottled leather binding; spine decorated with gold titling on red leather and gold fillets; brown sprinkled edges; two additional flyleaf at the beginning and at the end of book; rebacked and restored in 2007 by Richard Bay.
Copy-specific note
At the end of the volume flap with fragments from the binding and a photograph of the mould damage before repairing.
Subject
Hindu ethics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sanskrit literature.
Subject
Fables, Indic.
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Day, Richard binder.
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Hindoostanee Press (Kolkata, India) printer.
Added entry--place
India Kolkata.
Language code
urd per san
Identifier
B52384