Lot 158
  • 158

LUMSDEN, A GRAMMAR OF THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE, 1810, 2 VOLUMES

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Description

  • A grammar of the Persian language: comprising a portion of the elements of Arabic inflection. Calcutta: T. Watley, at the Honorable Company's Press, 1810
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (306 x 189mm.), text in English and Persian, occasional marginal pencil notes, later half vellum, marbled boards, without advertisement at end, minor occasional browning or staining, mostly in volume 2

Provenance

John L. Platts?, pencil signature

Literature

not in Wilson or Ghani

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Lumsden (1777-1835) "went to India as assistant professor of Persian and Arabic in the College of Fort William, and in 1808 succeeded to the professorship. In 1812 he was appointed secretary to the Calcutta Madrasa, and superintended various translations of English works into Persian then in progress. From 1814 until 1817 he had charge of the East India Company's press at Calcutta" (ODNB). See also lot 159.