Risley, Sir Herbert.

The People of India.

Calcutta & Simla: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1915. Second edition. Hardcover. An important work on the ethnology & anthropology of India. Risley (1851 -1911) was a British ethnographer who as head of the Indian 1901 census applied the caste sustem to the entire Hindu population of India. 8vo, xxxii, 472pp, frontispiece, 35 plates, folding map. Blue and red decorative covers, title in gilt at spine. Covers rubbed, spine sunned; internally previous owner name inside front cover, rear inner hinge loose but holding, plate XXXV and folding map loose. Very good overall. Item #18670

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