Buddhist Birth Stories; or Jataka Tales; first edition 1880. The Oldest Collection of Folklore Extant: Being the Jatakatthavannana, for the first time edited in the original Pali. V. Fausboll. London: Trubner, 1880. First edition. Folklore This is volume one only, and is the translation volume – no other volumes were issued. Tipped in on the front end paper is a note from Trubner dated 1887, stating that no other volumes were issued. A monumental and scholarly work that includes tales from India and Ceylon.

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Original brown cloth with gilt scene on the upper cover; covers are moderately faded and worn along edges, spine is creased, hinges are tender.