A Dictionary of the Principal Languages Spoken in the Bengal Presidency: Viz. English, Bángálí, and Hindústání; In the Roman Character; With Walker's Pronunciation of All the Difficult or Doubtful English Words

217x132 mm. VI, [2], 525, [1 blank]. Contemporary half leather, gilt title on spine, marbled edges. Ex-libris “Bib. Maj. Heythrop” with the stamp “withdrawn”. A good copy.

First edition of this early dictionary, a pioneering resource for the study of the English, Bengali, and Urdu languages in early colonial India. All entries are written in the Roman character rather than their native scripts to facilitate learning for Europeans and others.

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