[Rarebooks] FS: Finely bound 1st ed. of Dutt's translation of the Mahabharata

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Dutt, Romesh (trans.). MAHA-BHARATA THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA. Condensed Into 
English Verse. With an Introduction by... F. Max Muller. Twelve Photogravures 
from Original Illustrations Designed from Indian Sources by E. Stuart Hardy. 
London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1899. First edition of this translation. 
xii,(4),188pp. Glossary. Illus. with 12 tinted photogravures, each with a tissue guard. A 
presentation copy, inscribed by the translator (“author”) on the half-title. 
Exquisitely bound by “Hillbourne” in full orange morocco, gilt tooled, 
paneled and inlaid with small maroon circles. A.e.g. Orig. cloth front cover bound 
in at rear. Bookplate on front pastedown.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very influential translation of this Indian epic.

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