FORBES, William.
A Grammar of the Goojratee Language,
A Grammar of the Goojratee Language,
with Excercises, Dialogues and Stories for the assistance of the Student of the Colloquial Language of Goojrat; also Precedents, on Forms of Petitions, Proceedings in Courts of Justice, Deeds &., and the system of Book-keeping in use in Goojrat.
Stock Code 121466
Bombay, 1829.
The author, of which there is little information, is lucky that his brother, one James Forbes, endeavoured to publish his brother's manuscript fifteen years after the author's death.
The text is divided into 6 sections as follows: (I) Grammar of the Goojratee Language; (II) The Book of Advice as taught in the Schools in Goojrat; (III) Being a Collection of Familiar Dialogues and Phrases...; (IV) The Histories contained in this part are translated form the English (here inserted) of Gladwine's Moon-shee, London Edit 1801; (V) Comprises Translations of the Stories contained in the 1st volume of Gilchirsts Hindee Story Teller, Calcutta Edition, 1802; (VI) Presedents on Forms of Writings used in Courts of Justice, by Merchants... with the practical system of Bookkeeping in use in Goojrat.
Rare, only 3 UK institutional copies (BL, RAS, Oxford) and 4 others worldwide (not in the Library of Congress).
First Edition; 4to (25 x 20.5 cm), lithographed throughout in English and Gujarati, with some small comparative sections in Arabic and Persian, early ink inscription to title and front free endpaper, leaves evenly age-toned, a few very small closed marginal tears; modern quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, a very good copy.
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