Dialogues in the English and Malaiane Languages : London 1614
Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1974.
Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #13957
ISBN: 9022106403
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1614 Edition, London: Felix Kyngston for William Welby. STC 810. "Dedicated to Sir Thomas Smith, first governor of the East India Company and later Treasurer of the Virginia Company whose charter he was instrumental in procuring. Translated from the Danish by an English merchant, its choice of phrases well illustrates the close links between the study of eastern languages at the time and the utilitarian demands of trade." English - Malay versions in parallel two columns, with a bit of English - Malagasy as well. Translation by Augustine Spalding of Danish work by Gotthard Arthus, which appears to have been taken by the author from F. de Houtman's Spraeck ende woordboek in de Maleysche ende Madagaskarsche talen. ; The English Experience, Its Record In Early Printed Books Published In Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 640; 78 pages.
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