John Shakespear: A Grammar of the Hindustani Language

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John Shakespear : A Grammar of the Hindustani Language

Cox and Baylis, London, c. 1826

Contemporary ½ calf with original marbled boards, spine in six compartments of gilt tooled bands, brown morocco label on two. , A very good copy., 4to, P. title, blank, dedication (1), blank, advertisement (v)-xi, (7), 184, Contains 12 engraved plates of Persian and Devanagari calligraphy.

John Shakespear (1775-1858) was an Orientalist and studied Arabic under Richardson and Golius in London. He became an Oriental professor at the Royal Military College in Marlow and later a professor of the Hindustani language at the East India Company’s college. (Dictionary of National Biography)

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