Schiefner, Franz Anton von

Viro illustrissimo Victori Bouniakowsky ... Diem XIX (XXXI) mensis Maii a. MDCCCLXXV quo die ante hos quinquaginta annos matheseos doctor ab academia Parisiensi renunciatus est... gratulatur... Academiae... Petropolitanae classis historico-philologica

Petropoli: Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum, 1875. Thin folio, pp. iv, 46; decorative red borders throughout; text in Latin and Tibetan; contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, manuscript paper label on spine; pages a bit toned, general wear at the extremities; a good, sound copy. A Tibetan version of the lost Indian original of the fable of Bidrai [gsos-pahi-lanbzhugs-so], known in the Semitic versions as the Story of Bilar, and published on the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Victor Bouniakowsky. OCLC finds only Brown and the Newberry in the U.S. Item #32454

Price: $250.00