תיאור הספר

REPRINT EDITION of a classic Malayalam-English dictionary by Rev.Dr.Hermann Gundert (1814-1893), a German missionary, scholar, and linguist, as well as the grandfather of German novelist and Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse. Gundert compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam (1859), in which he developed and constricted the grammar spoken by the Keralites, nowadays; a Malayalam-English dictionary (1872), and contributed to work on Bible translations into Malayalam. He worked primarily at Thalassery on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India, and also contributed to the fields of history, geography and astronomy. 220x140mm. XVIII+1116 pages.Maroon embossed gilt Hardcover. Cover rubbed and slightly dirty. Cover corners bumped. Sticker on rear cover bottom edge. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.