extensive annotations
[ROUSSEAU, Samuel].
A Dictionary of Words used in the East Indies, with full explanations, the leading word in each article being printed in a new nustaleek type. To which is added Mohammedan Law and Bengal revenue terms.
London, James Asperne, 1805.
Samuel Russeau (1763–1820) established the Arabic Press in London, published some of the first English translations of several important Arabic and Persian works, and compiled some of the earliest Arabic-English and Persian-English language texts, of which this is one. His works contributed significantly to early study in Persian texts and his dictionaries were vital to the East India Company and their officers acting in India.
This volume was evidently in the hands of an English traveller in India, to be used as a working dictionary for their time spent there. It is adorned throughout in near-contemporary annotations which pertain to the use of certain words in context or alternative meanings, as well as notes for their personal use relating to the East India Company.
Second edition; 8vo (175 x 115 mm); printed in English and Farsi, considerable near-contemporary manuscript notes to margins and spaces in first and last few leaves as well as intermittent in text, title page a little frayed with small marginal repair, inner hinges strengthened; contemporary calf rebacked and recornered, gilt lettering piece to spine, well annotated otherwise a very good restored copy; lxiv, (13)-267pp.
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