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PEARSON, John Dorking.

A Grammar of the English Language;

A Grammar of the English Language;

for the use of Natives in Bengal.

Stock Code 117259

Calcutta, Calcutta School Book Society, 1820

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One of the earliest books deliberately produced for the use of the English inhabitants of Bengal wishing to learn the local language, and one of the first books commissioned by the Calcutta School Book Society for specific use in schools.

John Dorking Pearson was head of the East India Company schools between 1818 and 1823.

Rare. In only 9 libraries world-wide, and only 3 in the UK (BL, Oxford, RAS).

First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); printed in Sanskrit and English, engraved plate, a little light spotting; later half calf, marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering piece to spine, original wrappers bound in; vi, 103, [1]pp.

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