Lot 172
Sorabji, Dosabhai
Idiomatical Sentences in the English, Hindostanee, Goozratee, and Persian Languages, in Six Parts
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
I. Introductory Phrases. II. Military Phrases. III. Judicial Phrases. IV. Mercantile Phrases. V. Medical Phrases. VI. Miscellaneous Phrases. By Dossabhaee Sorabjee, Moonshee. Bombay: Gunput Crustnajee, 1843. First edition, folio (32.4 x 20cm), contemporary half leather, marbled sides, [8] pp., 9 [1] 35 [1] 27 [1] 15 [1] 17 [1] 52 [1] ff., letterpress title-page, approbation leaf and list of subscribers, lithographic preface leaf in Persian and Gujarati, main text lithographed throughout and with English, Hindustani, Gujarati and Persian text in separate columns, head of title-page removed to no loss of text
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
Rare: two copies traced in UK libraries, at the British Library and the University of Oxford.