Shelfmark
Iaa6.4.45
Author
Title
Outline of a grammar of the Turkish language. : As written in the Armenian character / By Elias Riggs, missionary of the A. B. C. F. M.
Varying form of title
Cover title: Turkish grammar
Publication, distribution, etc.
Constantinople : printed by A. B. Churchill., 1856.
Physical description
[4], 56 p. ; 18 cm.
Note
A. B. C. F. M. = American Bible Committee and Foreign Mission.
Note
At the conclusion of preface the author provides a short list of Armeno-Turkish works as useful reading for the learner (prelim. p. [4]).
Note
A. B. Churchill tentatively identified with the newspaper editor Alfred Black Churchill, son of the Constantinople newspaper publisher William Nosworthy Churchill.
Provenance
Part of bequest to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
Inscription in blue biro on front endpaper of [?J] A Douglas.
Binding
19th century dark blue cloth boards with cover title "Turkish grammar" between two arabesques blocked in gilt on upper cover and blind-stamped ornament on lower cover.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil inside lower cover.
Subject
Turkish language Textbooks for foreign speakers English.
Genre/Form
Grammars.
Added entry--name
Churchill, Alfred Black, 1825 - 1870 printer.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--place
Turkey Istanbul.
Language code
eng tur
Identifier
B44480