Shelfmark
Gl.6.05
Title
Primitiae orientales. Containing the theses in the Oriental languages; pronounced at the public disputations on the 29th March 1803. By students of the College of Fort William in Bengal. With translations..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Calcutta. : [s.n.], 1803-1804.
Physical description
3 vols in 2 ; 22 cm.
Language
In English, Arabic, Hindi, Persian and Bengali.
Note
Vol. III contains public disputations delivered on the 20th September, 1804.
Note
Includes: "The public examinations of the College of Fort William; exhibitied in regular series since the commencement of the institution: with a register of the names of those students, who have obtained degrees of honor for high proficiency in the Oriental languages.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Vol. II. Containing the theses in the Oriental languages; pronounced at the public disputations on the 29th March, 1803 -- Vol. III.
Provenance
Letter from Claudius Buchanan dated College of Fort William March 21 1805 pasted on the first flyleaf informing that the ship on board which there were some Oriental works for Eton College was captured and carried into the Mauritius.
Binding
19th century mottled binding; spine decorated with gold fillets, tools and titling; red, blue and black sprinkled edges; one flyleaf at the beginning and the end of book.
Copy-specific note
Only vols II and III bound together.
Subject
India Civilization.
Subject
India Languages Texts.
Added entry--name
Buchanan, Claudius, 1766 - 1815 associated name.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
India Kolkata.
Language code
eng ara hin per ben ara hin per ben
Identifier
B51956