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The first Sanskrit translation of the Proverbs

[YATES, William and John WENGER (translators)]. The Book of Proverbs, in Sanskrit verse. Translated from the Hebrew by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries.
Calcutta, Printed for the Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1862. 8vo (ca. 21 x 14 cm). The work is printed in Sanskrit, using Bengali characters. Original pale green wrappers. [1], [1 blank], 76 pp. Full description
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First edition of al-Zamakhshari’s collection of Arabic proverbs, in Arabic and Latin

ZAMAKHSHARI, Abu al-Quasim Mahmud ibn Umar (Hendrik Albert SCHULTENS, editor). [Al-Kalim al-nawabigh]. Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum. Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii.
Leiden, Jean Le Mair (colophon: printed by Daniel van Damme), 1772. 4to. With the large engraved arms of Willem V, Prince of Orange, above the dedication.Vellum, manuscript spine title. [20], 171, [1] pp. Full description
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