[Fine Binding] Buddhism, Past and Present Extra Illustrated Bound in dark navy leather

Bound in dark navy leather by Zaehnsdorf with the character Ben Allah Achmet in inlaid and painted leather in the bottom right hand corner of the front board

Title-page within decorative gouache and gilt border

but circa early 1900s

Limited to 400 copies

Endpapers in yellow and red

[Fine Binding] Buddhism, Past and Present Extra Illustrated Bound in dark navy leatherCopleston, Reginald Stephen. Buddhism: Primitive and Present in Magadha and in Ceylon. London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908. Second edition. Bound in full brown morocco (unsigned) with an ornate temple design on the front and rear cover, created with gouges, fillets, and pointille. Gilt ruling to covers with the upper corners featuring gilt stamped flowers, pointille, and flowing stems. Six bands to spine with title and author in second and third