Part I. of the English, French and Bengalle[e] primer, or, An easy vocabulary of fifteen hundred common words for the use of youth / by W.B. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, W. B. (William Bradford), author.

Contributor:

Scott and Co. (Calcutta, India), printer.

Language:

Bengali

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bengali language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Bengali language.

French language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

French language.

Genre:

Subscription lists.

Physical Description:

[6], 79, [1], ii pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

A new edition.

Other Title:

English, French and Bengallee primer

Easy vocabulary of fifteen hundred common words for the use of youth

Easy vocabulary, in English, French and Bengallee, containing upwards of 1,500 words

Place of Publication:

Calcutta : Printed at the India Gazette Press, by Scott and Co. no. 3, Durrumtollah, [between 1825 and 1832?]

Notes:

Cataloged from imperfect copy: title leaf damaged at fore-edge with loss of final letter in third line of title ("Bengalle[e]"); pages 17-23 wanting.

Dedication signed: William Bradford Johnson.

First named on the list of subscribers is "Chief Justice Sir C.E. Grey", that is, Sir Charles Edward Grey (1785-1865), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, Bengal, India, 1825-1832.

List of subscribers: Pages[i]-ii.

No more published.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy imperfect: pages 17-20 wanting.

Kislak Center copy annotated with early manuscript Latin-alphabet transliterations of Bengali vocabulary words; a few manuscript notes in French on recto and verso of front free endpaper; a few manuscript annotations in Bengali in pencil in text.

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2025 from Justin Croft.

Kislak Center copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.

Kislak Center copy bound in full contemporary Indian goat; boards tooled in blind; spine tooled in gold.

Kislak Center copy: pages 65-72 bound in in reverse order.

Kislak Center copy: "Fore-edges at front and rear somewhat thumbed and frayed, with loss of one letter on the title, touching another; the following two leaves with an early paper reinforcement, some dampstaining ... Rubbed [binding], with some further wear to the edges, a few small wormholes, front free endpaper creased and slightly frayed"--Bookseller's description.

OCLC:

1513845355