Bihār peasant life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province, with many illustrations from photographs taken by the author.
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| Author / Creator: | Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941. |
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| Imprint: | Calcutta, The Bengal secretariat press; London, Trübner and Co., 1885. |
| Description: | 2 preliminary leaves, 4 pages, 7 1., vi, 431, xvii, clv pages frontispiece (map), plates, diagrams 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2125332 |
| Item Description: | "A catalogue of the names used by the Bihār peasant for the things surrounding him in his daily life ... To relieve the dryness which such a mere list would possess, the writer has attempted to give a description ... of that life."--Introduction. "A large part of this edition was destroyed, so that the book is of the extremest rarity."--C.R. Lanman in the Journal of the American Oriental society, v. 40, p. 238. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 preliminary leaves, 4 pages, 7 1., vi, 431, xvii, clv pages frontispiece (map), plates, diagrams 26 cm |