Shelfmark
Gl.6.06
Title
The Oriental fabulist or polyglot translations of Esop's and other ancient fables from the English language, into Hindoostanee, Persian, Arabic, Brij B,hak,ha, Bongla, and Sunkrit, in the Roman character, by various hands under the direction and superintendence of John Gilchrist, for the use of the College of Fort William..
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Caption title: Polyglot fables from the ancients
Publication, distribution, etc.
Calcutta, : Printed at the Hurkaru Office, 1803..
Physical description
[4], xxxvii, [11], 316 p. ; 20 cm.
Note
Translated from Dodsley's Esop.
Note
Caption title: Polyglot fables from the ancients.
Note
Errata: p. [4]-[10] (3rd count)
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College on the front flyleaf.
Binding
19th century mottled leather binding; spine decorated with gold fillets and gold titling on red and green leather; green sprinkled edges; marbled endleaves; one additional flyleaf at beginning and end of book.
Subject
Urdu language Readers.
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Persian language Readers.
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Arabic language Readers.
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Braj language Readers.
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Bengali language Readers.
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Sanskrit language Readers.
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Hurkaru Press (India, Kolkata) printer.
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Aesop's fables. Hindi.
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Aesop's fables. Persian.
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Aesop's fables. Arabic.
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Aesop's fables. Urdu.
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Aesop's fables. Sanskrit.
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India Kolkata.
Language code
eng ara ben bra urd per san eng
Identifier
B51957