TWO VOLUME SET. Collections of poems ascribed to elder monks (thera) or nuns (theri) of the eighth and ninth texts of the Khuddaka-nikaya of the Sutta-pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 225x145 mm. [LXIV+319] + [XCI+199] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover bottom edge bumped. Stamp on front whitepage. [VOL.I]: Cover slightly rubbed. [VOL.II]: Spine bottom edge bumped and rubbed. [SUMMARY]: Else both volumes in good condition.