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Bibliotheca marsdeniana philologica et orientalis - A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View to the General Comparison of Languages, and to the Study of Oriental Literature (Paperback)
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Bibliotheca marsdeniana philologica et orientalis - A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View to the General Comparison of Languages, and to the Study of Oriental Literature (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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Amassed over a forty-year career, first with the East India Company
in Sumatra and later with the Admiralty as its First Secretary,
William Marsden's library, as revealed in this catalogue of 1827,
was an invaluable collection. An expert in Asian languages, Marsden
(1754 1836) published his catalogue to provide a basis for study
into comparative linguistics and oriental literature. This work
provides an insight into both the practice of book-collecting in
the period, and the variety of works published throughout the
world. It lists texts on travel, medicine and linguistics, as well
as works of literature and religion, including some extremely rare
Bibles, and a possibly unique copy of the Book of Genesis in the
Algonquin language. The library itself was donated to King's
College, London, in 1835 and is now shared by King's College and
the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of
London.
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