[Lord (Henry)] A Discoverie of the Sect of the Banians. Containing their History, Law, Liturgie, Casts, Customes, and Ceremonies. Gathered from their Bramanes..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title by William Marshall, second part with separate title 'The Religion of the Parsees', with the final blank, very light water-staining, engraved title with small tear along plate-mark at upper outer corner (no loss), Chatsworth copy with old shelf-label, eighteenth century sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed and slightly stained, joints split, [STC 16825], small 4to, T. and R.Cotes, for Francis Constable, 1630.
⁂ Early work on two religious groups of India, the Hindu Bania (merchant caste) and the Zoroastrian Parsees, by the chaplain to the East India Company at Surat in Gujarat from 1624 to 1629. The engraved title reads: A Display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies vizt: The sect of the Banians the Ancient Natives of India and the Sect of the Persees the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia....
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