Lot 158
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LUMSDEN, A GRAMMAR OF THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE, 1810, 2 VOLUMES

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  • 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

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