Testimonies of the ancients regarding the suttee custom.

RA Collection: Book

Record number

24/804

Imprint

London: Parbury Allen, May 1827

Physical Description

4 p. 210 mm.

General Note

This is a letter 'To the Editor of the Asiatic Journal', signed by 'T.', and extracted from a copy of The Asiatic Journal (vol. 23, no. 137, May 1827, p. 621-624).

Provenance

Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).

Binding Note

Bound (2) in vol. I of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.
In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / I'.

Subject

Widows - Women India - Rites and ceremonies India

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