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[4], xx, [6], 2286 pp. Two columns per page. (Folio) 42x26 cm (16½x10") half vellum and paper cover boards, brown morocco spine label lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Volume 2 of the rare first edition of this trilingual Persian, Arabic and English dictionary, which became a standard reference for many years, and was revised by Charles Wilkins in the nineteenth century. The Orientalist John Richardson F.S.A. (c.1740-95) studied Arabic and Persian in London, and was greatly influenced by William Jones. The first volume, or Persian, Arabic and English, which includes a dissertation on the languages, literature and manners of Eastern nations, was published separately. This volume, being English, Persian and Arabic is a complete dictionary in itself. Rare.