41 results (displaying results 41 - 41)
First appearance of the earliest Sinhalese grammar in print
The Sidath Sangarawa, a grammar of the Singhalese language,
translated into English, with introduction, notes, and appendices. Colombo William Skeen, Government Printer 1852
First edition. 8vo (21 x 14 cm), pp.[iv], cclxxxvi, 247, folding table. Bound in worn contemporary half calf, spine faded, hinges cracked but holding. Contents lightly age-toned. A decent copy of an important book. Pencil initials of C.H.B. Reynolds.