We a good story
Quick delivery in the UK

Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society series

Filter
Filter
Sort bySort Series order
  • - In Two Parts, to Which Is Prefixed a Grammar of that Language
    by James Howison
    £44.49

    This Malay-English dictionary was published in 1801, and is largely the same in content as the first one produced 100 years earlier by Thomas Bowrey. It is a compendium of working Malay, representing early attempts to make a dictionary to serve the new colonial interests in the Malay Peninsula.

  • - With a Commentary by Jagannatha Tercapanchanana
    by Jagannatha Tercapanchanana
    £44.49 - 49.49

    An honorary professor of Sanskrit at Calcutta's Fort William College, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837) became Britain's foremost orientalist during the early nineteenth century. Published in 1801, this three-volume compilation and translation of Brahman law was based on the unfinished work of the scholar Sir William Jones (1747-94).

  • - Consisting of Original Essays and Dissertations, Translations and Miscellaneous Papers
     
    £49.49

    Between 1797 and 1800, editor and contributor William Ouseley (1767-1842) published this three-volume miscellany of scholarly essays by a number of writers. Volume 2 includes essays on Chinese vocabulary, the Eastern origin of mankind and Persian lyric poetry.

  • - Consisting of Original Essays and Dissertations, Translations and Miscellaneous Papers
     
    £42.49

    Between 1797 and 1800, editor and contributor William Ouseley (1767-1842) published this three-volume miscellany of scholarly essays by a number of writers. Volume 1 includes translations of poetry and stories from Arabic and Persian, and essays on manuscript collation, Moroccan Arabic and the poet Hafez.

  • - Written in the Persian Language, by Jouher, a Confidential Domestic of His Majesty
    by Jauhar
    £26.49

    The Mughal emperor Humayun (1508-56) ruled over parts of modern-day India, Afghanistan and Pakistan during his reign. His water-bearer, Jauhar, served him throughout his rule, and later wrote this memoir of his master's campaigns and character. This English translation by Charles Stewart (1764-1837) was first published in 1832.

  • - Or, Oriental Spiritualism
    by John P. Brown
    £36.99

    This 1868 study of the Dervish orders of the Near East forms a valuable introduction to a people and their history, philosophy, culture and practices. It was written by the diplomat and scholar John Porter Brown (1814-72), based on his local knowledge and researches during his time in Constantinople.

  • by Mohammed ben Musa
    £35.99

    Persian mathematician Mohammed ben Musa (c.780-c.850) is considered to be one of the fathers of algebra. His Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing gave us the word 'algebra' and introduced modern algebraic methods. This is the 1831 translation into English by the orientalist Friedrich August Rosen (1805-37).

  • - From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language
    by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
    £49.49

    First published in 1776, this English translation of the Hindu legal code was prepared by an employee of the East India Company. Its purpose was to make the code understandable to British authorities, and to show them that it was fully adequate for application in the Bengal region.

  • by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
    £26.49

    First published in 1778, this was the one of the first grammars of Bengali. It provides detailed accounts of all aspects of the language, from its alphabet to its case and tense systems, verbs, and word order. It was considered a landmark in the study of the Indo-European language family.

  • - With a Narrative of the Mission to that Country in 1855
    by Sir John Bowring
    £39.49 - 44.49

    Still valuable today for its insight into the workings of the Siamese (Thai) court and its diplomatic relations in the mid-nineteenth century, this 1857 two-volume study was the most successful of Bowring's varied body of work. It also contains an introduction to the country of Siam and its people.

  • - With the Life of the Author by Lord Teignmouth
    by Sir William Jones
    £36.99 - 49.49

    A celebrated lawyer, translator and poet, Sir William Jones (1746-94) wrote prolifically and authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics and oriental literature. These thirteen volumes, first published in 1807, contain Jones' complete writings, including seminal works such as The Principles of Government (1782), 'On the Hindus' (1786), and Sacontala (1789).

  • - In Which the Words Are Traced to their Origin, and their Various Meanings Given
    by William Carey
    £55.99 - 68.49

    Published in 1825, this is the first volume of a revised three-part dictionary of the Indo-Aryan language Bengali. Containing over 100,000 entries with English translations, it was intended to include every simple word in the language. The author's reference works on Marathi and Sanskrit are also reissued in this series.

  • - A Commentary on the Mussulman Laws
    by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
    £55.99 - 61.99

    This 1791 four-volume English translation of a key text of Islamic law was undertaken by Charles Hamilton (c.1752-92), an orientalist working for the East India Company. It is an important work in the administrative history of British India, reflecting the development of the Anglo-Islamic legal system.

  • - Written by Himself
    by Jahangir
    £26.99

    This 1829 translation of what is now known to be a flawed account of incidents from the first fifteen years of the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569-1627) offers a colourful, if not always factually accurate, description of the ruler's character, politics and actions.

  • - To Which Are Added Examples for the Exercise of the Student, and a Complete List of the Dhatoos or Roots
    by William Carey
    £49.49 - 55.99

    First published in 1806, this is a comprehensive grammar of the Indo-Aryan language Sanskrit. Reissued here in a two-volume set, Volume 1 contains Books 1-3 of the work, covering characters, pronouns and verbs. Carey's reference works on Marathi and Bengali are also reissued in this series.

  • - With Explanations in English
    by Adoniram Judson
    £36.99

    This 1826 Burmese-English dictionary was compiled from the manuscripts of American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) and his colleagues Felix Carey and James Coleman. It was a pioneering work, born of firm belief in the evangelising power of the written word, and providing the basis for Judson's later great bilingual dictionary.

  • - Containing an Account of the Manners, Art, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants
    by John Crawfurd
    £44.49

    Published in 1820, this acclaimed three-volume work by the administrator and ethnologist John Crawfurd (1783-1868) offers insight into the peoples and cultures of the Indonesian islands, principally Java. Volume 1 examines the character and manners of the islanders as well as their arts, sciences, medicine, and agricultural techniques.

  • by Mountstuart Elphinstone
    £49.49 - 55.99

    Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was a respected and enlightened administrator in India. This two-volume history, based on a range of Indian sources and first published in 1841, is infused with his lifelong understanding of Indian culture. It was the most popular work of its kind among the early Victorian public.

  • - Suivie de divers extraits d'ecrivains orientaux, et d'un etat des provinces et des villages de l'Egypte dans le XIVe siecle
     
    £65.49

    Arab scholar Abd-Allatif (1162-1231) wrote this thorough account of Egypt when the country was rarely visited by Europeans. It covers matters ranging from natural history and medicine to culture and domestic economy. Orientalist Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838) translated and edited this version, first published in French in 1810.

  • - Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton
    by Alexander Hamilton
    £31.99 - 38.99

    Little is known of Captain Alexander Hamilton (b. before 1688, d. around 1733) other than what he tells us in this lively and compelling travelogue. First published in 1727, his invaluable historical and geographical picture of south-east Asia between 1688 and 1723 is spiced with tales of piracy and poisoning.

  • - A Nobleman of Hindostan, Containing Interesting Anecdotes of the Emperor Aulumgeer Aurungzebe, and of his Successors
    by Iradat Khan
    £26.49

    As a nobleman of the court of Aurangzeb (1618-1707), Iradat Khan (c.1649-1716) witnessed the decline of the Mughal empire. First published in 1786, these are his memoirs, translated by Jonathan Scott (1754-1829), an East India Company captain who wanted to educate the British about India's history.

  • - Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors
    by Max Arthur Macauliffe
    £31.99 - 38.99

    This six-volume work on the history and philosophy of Sikhism, published in 1909 by Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841-1913), a former deputy commissioner of the Punjab, is considered his magnum opus. Volume 1 covers the life and compositions of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.

  • - Written in Egypt during the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made during a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, -26, -27 and -28
    by Edward William Lane
    £38.99

    Fluent in Arabic, Edward William Lane (1801-76) devoted his life's study to Egypt, where he lived for many years. This well-illustrated two-volume work was first published in 1836. Volume 1 covers climate, housing, education and domestic life; systems of religion, law and government; and language, literature, sciences and magic.

  • by Henrietta A. Hervey
    £21.49

    Reissued in one volume, these two fascinating texts on Anglo-Indian cookery - published in 1831 and 1895 respectively, by Sandford Arnot of the London Oriental Institution and Henrietta Hervey, the wife of a colonial officer - were written for the instruction of returning expatriates.

  • - To Which is Added, an Introduction to Tamil Poetry
    by C. G. Beschi
    £26.49

    Published in 1822, this grammar of high Tamil, first prepared in 1730, allows students to read the dialect's ancient literature. C. G. Beschi (1680-1747) was a brilliant and instinctive linguist and scholar, himself a composer of Tamil poetry, and his work remains important for its sensitivity to the classical language.

  • by William Marsden
    £68.49

    Published in 1812, this work is the product of thorough first-hand and textual study by a noted scholar and expert on the Malayan language. It remains valuable today as a history as well as a dictionary, including regional variations and specialised terms, as well as original Malay texts.

  • by Mahomed Kasim Ferishta
    £44.49 - 49.49

    This four-volume work, published in 1829, was the first major English translation of Persian chronicler Ferishta's monumental history of the Muslim presence in India. Notable as the most reliable of contemporary accounts of the Mughal empire, Ferishta's seventeenth-century work is a valuable source on life in India before British colonisation.

  • - In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of that State, to the Extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799
    by Mark Wilks
    £55.99

    Published 1810-17, this is a three-volume work on the history of Mysore to 1799 by former British political resident Mark Wilks (c.1760-1831). Volume 1 details the early Hindu dynasties, the coming of Islam, the Mughal era, the rise of Hyder Ali and Mysore's re-emergence as a separate kingdom.

  • - From the Standpoint of the Nyaya Philosophy
    by James R. Ballantyne
    £21.49 - 26.49

    The orientalist James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64) published this two-volume work in 1852. Intended for his Indian pupils, with Sanskrit translation and employing the style of Hindu philosophy, it is an excellent primary source on the educational aspects of British imperialism. Volume 1 introduces astronomy, geography, Newtonian motion, pneumatics, acoustics and optics.

  • - To Which are Added Tables, Illustrative of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, Weights, Measures, etc.
    by James Prinsep
    £44.49

    A key figure in Benares (Varanasi), James Prinsep (1799-1840) was instrumental in expanding Western knowledge of Indian civilisation. Collected in two volumes in 1858 and edited by the numismatist Edward Thomas (1813-86), these essays are generously illustrated and display the enormous breadth of Prinsep's knowledge.

Join thousands of book lovers

Sign up to our newsletter and receive discounts and inspiration for your next reading experience.