Buddhism: Being a Sketch of the Life and Teachings of Gautama, The Buddha.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1890. Binding: Full red cloth boards tooled in gilt and black. Brown pasted and free endpapers.
, Notes: Ex-library, label on front pasted endpaper: “St Antony’s Library, given by a soldier for the use – in perpetuity – of the vicar of All Saints Church, Eastbourne, May, 1891.”
Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843 – 1922) was an English scholar of the Pali language and founder of the Pali Text Society He took an active part in founding the British Academy and London School for Oriental Studies. Rhys Davids attempted to promote Theravada Buddhism and Pali scholarship in Britain. He actively lobbied the government (in co-operation with the Asiatic Society of Great Britain) to expand funding for the study of Indian languages and literature, arguing how this project might strengthen British hold on India.
, Size: 8vo.(165 x 110 mm), Illustration: With folding map illustrating Buddhism in China. From Non-Christian Religious Systems series. , Category: Book Religious General;. A very good example. Item #B6948
Price: $225.00