A Sinhalese-english Dictionary,.
Bound in later brown cloth. Pages index leaved. Extremities worn and some early repairs to pages; a much used but good copy. Signature of C. H. B. Reynolds on second free endpaper.
£45.00
Details
COLOMBO PRINTED
Publisher
Wesleyan Mission Press, Kollupitya.,
Place
Colombo
Date
!892.
Synopsis
By the rev. b. clough, wesleyan missionary. new and enlarged edition [reprint of second edition]. under the patronage of the government of ceylon.
Item Description
4to. 7 x 10 inches. [2] + iv + 824 pp.
Notes
Dr Reynold's own copy of the standard nineteenth century Sinhalese-English dictionary by Benjamin Clough (1791-1853), first published 1830. This 1892 edition is a reprint of the second enlarged edition of 1888. A title from the library of Dr. Christopher Hanby Baillie Reynolds (1922-2015), noted linguist of the Sinhalese and Maldivian languages. Reynolds was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. War service took him to Italy and later on to Ceylon. He returned to London to study Sinhalese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. where he became a lecturer in the subject, taking research leave back to Ceylon to study with Buddhist monks. Reynolds was awarded a medal by the Sri Lankan government for his research on Sinhalese language and early literature. He also pioneered the study in the west of the related Maldivian language. From 1957 he lived at Westerham, Kent.
[Stock No. 23199]
Subjects
19th Century • Asia • Ceylon • Dictionaries • Language