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Moral tales : containing The king's messengers / by W. Adams ; and The reward of honesty / by Maria Edgeworth.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR4001.A33 K5125 1849
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, William, 1814-1848.
- Series:
- Encyclopedia Bengalensis ; no. 10.
- Encyclopedia Bengalensis ; no. 10
- Language:
- Bengali
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian life--Juvenile fiction.
- Christian life.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Charity--Juvenile fiction.
- Charity.
- Honesty--Juvenile fiction.
- Honesty.
- Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
- Orphans.
- Theological virtues--Juvenile fiction.
- Theological virtues.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Robertson, F., Reverend (former owner) (inscription) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 155, 155 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Calcutta : R.C. Lepage and Co : P.S. D'Rozario and Co., 1849.
- Language Note:
- English text and Bengali translation on facing pages.
- Bengali translation by Kṛishṇamohana Vandyopādhyāya. Cf. Blumhardt. Cat. of Bengali Books in British Library (p. 53).
- Notes:
- Series title page records volume as no. 10 of: Encyclopedia Bengalensis, or a series of publicaitons in English and Bengali / compiled from various sources ... edited by the Rev. K. M. Banerjea.
- "Encyclopedia Bengalensis" was issued in Calcutta from 1846-1850.
- "Adapted for the use of young readers in Bengal."
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy has faded blue paper slip with partially illegible ms. note ("This is the book to which reference is made in the 'Life [...]' of [...] [...]") in blue pencil affixed to front free endpaper.
- RBC copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- RBC copy has dated 19th-century ms. inscription ("Reverendo F. Robertson A.M ... D.D. Infelix Ultra Gangem A.D. 1849 Die Christi Nat.") recording the gift of this volume from "Infelix" to Reverend F. Robertson on Christmas 1849.
- RBC copy has cardboard slip with paper slip containing autograph of Maria Edgeworth laid in; card with ms. biographical notes on Maria Edgeworth laid in.
- Contains:
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849. Reward of honesty.
- King's messengers.
- OCLC:
- 556755951
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