The Vishnu Purana Translated by H.H. Wilson in London 1840

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'_The Vishnu Purána_ Translated by H.H. Wilson, London 1840' - a handwritten manuscript containing a preface and introduction to all the puranas, followed by descriptions of the _Contents of the Vushnu Purána_ for the 22 chapters of Book One and the first seven chapters of Book 2. It is unclear whether this manuscript was created by H.H. Wilson or copied at a later date. The notebook is only partially filled.
Handwritten within an unlined notebook 20 x 16cm with marbled boards and quarter leather binding. It contains some of the material subsequently published in the _Works by the Late Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S.,_

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