Sakuntala by Kalidasa, from three Sanskrit Plays, translated by Michael Coulson. With the story of Sakuntala from the Mahabharata translated by Peter Khoroche; Sakuntala Abanindranath Tagore, translated by William Radice; Sakuntala, A Tale Retold in Pahari Miniatures vy Daljeet Khare (National Museum of India). Introduction by William Radice.
Extract from Introduction
….It is not known when the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa wrote his celebrated play Sakuntala, Scholarly opinion associates him with the reign of the Gupta emperor Chandra Gupta II (AD 376-415), but the history of the work goes back further, to a story in the Mahabharata, and before that to the mysterious sources of the Indian imagination….
1992 Folio Society hardcover in turquoise silk bound in silk at The Bath Press, Avon. Book is in excellent condition but faded to spine. Introduction by William Radice. Slip case structurally excellent, with some slight fading to edges. 150 pp. Pre-owned. No ISBN.