The Legends of the Panjab

Title: The Legends of the Panjab Author: Captain R. C. Temple; Richard Carnac Temple Publisher: Education Society's Press; Trubner & Co 1883-84 Description: The very scarce original issues of Richard Carnac Temple's series retelling the classic legends of Punjab, a wonderful set of the first fourteen parts In fourteen volumes. The impressive 'Legends of Punjab' by Richard Carnac Temple, a series of monthly parts that was later published into three volumes.These fourteen consecutive issues are the first fourteen parts published by Temple - the set originally reached fifty-nine installments, being published until 1900. This set includes; No. I - August 1883, No. II - September 1883, No. III - October 1883, No. IV - November 1883, No. V - December 1883, No. VI - January 1884, No. VII - February 1884, No. VIII - March 1884, No IX - April 1884, No. X - May 1884, No. XI - June 1884, No. XII - July 1884, No. XIII - August 1884, No. XIV - September 1884, No. XV - October 1884.

In these parts Volume I is complete in Nos I-XII, and the set also includes the first three parts of Volume II, of out a total of twelve parts.Legends described in these issues include 'The Adventures of Raja Rasalu', 'The Story of Sarwar and Dani', 'The Story of Dhanna, the Bhagat', 'Fragments About Sakhi Sarwar', 'The Marriage of Ghazi Salar', 'The Legend of Guru Gugga', 'The Ballad of Isa Baniya', and more.Each issue includes an advert slip for the following issues bound before the first leaf of text.No. XII includes a title page and preface for the binding of Volume I. Richard Carnac Temple was an Indian-born British administrator, anthropological writer, and Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. https://archive.org/details/cu31924070625854/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459269

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