Re: Pali Grammatica (for a change)

Dear Eisel and group,

The BPS has nothing to do with this reprinting, they are only for sale
at the BPS bookshop.

Like Rett I am a bit surprised by your negative assessment of the
quality of the printing (by way of photocopying). The Hewavitarne
reprints of the Anguttara Nikaya commentary, Suttanipata commentary,
Visuddhimagga, etc, we have at the Forest Hermitage look quite readable
and fine to me, especially given the fact that they are photocopies of
books printed in the 1920s. Occasionally there might be a page with a
bit lighter (but not unreadable) printing, but this probably is due to
the original printing. I have seen much worse reprints in Sri Lanka. One
also has to take into consideration that the reprints are quite cheaply
priced, for example, the whole Anguttara Atthakatha costs 350 rupees,
which is about three and a half US $.
Best wishes,
                       Bh. Nyanatusita

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>  I am sorry to report that the BPS re-printing(s) of the Hewaviratine
>edition(s) (of the commentaries, etc.) is of poor an inconstant
>quality.  This is to say both that the quality is poor, and that from
>one chapter to the next the poverty of the print (and colour of the
>paper, etc.) will vary within any given volume.  There are other
>annoyances, such as "descreening errors" that were made in
>photoduplication of the originals (although the text is rarely
>illegible --it would often enough be tiring or annoying to read).
>This is rather sad, given that the original (first edition) was of
>very good quality, and there are no real technical barriers to
>reproducing it at an equal (or greater) quality in our times (i.e.,
>when printing technology has supposedly improved!).  If one has
>recourse to the first edition, I would advise you to Xerox from it
>judiciously, rather than order the reprints --all of which are made by
>a miscellany of Sinhalese print houses (some better than others), but,
>for the most part, at a quality that would be demoralizing for a
>western scholar to work with.
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>  I have not yet seen the Buddhist Cultural Center's reprint of the
>BJT --but this is a direct photo-duplicate reprint, not a new edition.
> Their print quality (per se) seems rather fine --however, the quality
>of the typesetting, font, and content of their works may be more
>questionable than the BPS (they have a very broad editorial mandate,
>and much that is good and bad seems to fall within it).
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>E.M.
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