[Buchanan, Claudius]

The Syrian Christians of Travancore.

Calcutta 1807. 8vo. ii + 36 pp. Disbound. Title slightly waterstained and lightly soiled, versoof final leaf lightly soiled. Claudius Buchanan (1766–1815) arrived at Calcutta early in 1797 and was appointed vice-provost of the college at Fort William about two years later. Buchanan’s most important services to the propagation of Christianity in India were his tours through the south and west of India. He published accounts of the first two tours after his return to England in 1811. In the first tour he visited i.a. Madras and the missions in Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Madura, Ceylon, Travancore and Cochin, from which latter place he returned to Calcutta in March 1807. The account of the Syrian Christians of Travancore on pp. 1–24 in the present booklet, dated Cochin, January 1807, was originally published in Bombat Courier, February 21, 1807. According to DNB Buchanan’s accounts of his tours are extremely interesting, especially those parts which relate to his intercourse with the Syrian Christians in Travancore and Cochin.

• GBP 450.00 > autres monnaies
• Commande nro.: 04696

• libraire: Lowendahl Rare Books Ltd (THAILAND)