1910 Alphabetical List of Titles of Works in the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka

Description: Archaeological Department of India: Alphabetical List of the Titles of Works in the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka, Being an Index to Bunyiu Nanjio's Catalogue and to the 1905 Kioto Reprint of the Buddhist Canon prepared by E. Denison Ross. Published in Calcutta by the Superintendent Government Printing of India. 1910, 97pp, 7 x 9.5", hardcover binding. In good condition with shelf-wear, age-related wear and marks of previous use. A good amount of age-related toning and staining to the boards, along with creasing to the edges. Some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. The previous owner's purple-inked faculty stamp remains on the front cover and title page. Additionally, colored pencil writing and markings remain on the front endpapers, title page and throughout the pages of the folio. General age-related toning and foxing to the pastedowns and pages. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A rare 1910 Index of the titles of works in the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's purple-inked University of Leiden faculty stamp and pencil markings can be found throughout this folio. FORN-SHELF-671-0324-eb0630

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