Psalms of David in the Bengalee language
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BENGALEE LANGUAGE. The Psalms of David, translated into the Bengalee Language from the original Hebrew... Publishedby and for The Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society. Calcutta (Baptist Mission Press) 1826.
8:o.
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn mirror binding, gilt spine, redspeckled edges. Library stamps on first endpaper, gift book-plate on inside of upper cover.
A fresh version made by William Yeats (1792-1845), a Baptist missionary, stationed first at Serampore, and afterwards at Calcutta, where he devoted his remarkable gifts to translation-work.
Almost all the Calcutta editions of ther Bengali scriptures were printed at the B. M. Press
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
565202
Datum:
2018-08-31