Yakkun Nattannawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, the practices of the Capua or devil priest, as described by a Budhist: and Kōlan Nattanawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characterfs assumed by the natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway, … illustrated with plates from Cingalese designs
John Callaway (d.1841)
Category
Books
Date
1829
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3108435
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi, [1], 69, [3] p., [9] plates (col.) . ill. ; . 8vo.. Oriental Translation Fund subscriber's sheet for the Earl of Hardwicke bound in.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate 'Nec cupias Nec Metuas'. Binding: Publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine-label. Ticket of 'Edwd. Purdy, / Book-binder, / No. 22, Tooke's Court, / Chancery Lane'.
Makers and roles
John Callaway (d.1841), translator Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland , publisher