MEMOIRS OF THE WRITINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE, OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. From The Classic Press.
por Teignmouth, John Shore, Baron; Jones, William
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(Printed by Robert Carr), Printed for the Proprietors, Wm. Poyntell & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1805 pp. x, (1), (1)-419, 102 [Appendix] + Portrait Frontis and a printed facsimile of Lord Teignmouth's handwriting. Ownership torn from top corner of title page. Mildly XLib. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, worn and rubbed. Spine worn and cracked. Hardbound. Good. John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751-1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1797. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[1] A close friend of the orientalist Sir William Jones (1746-1794), Shore edited this memoir of Jones's life in 1804, containing many of Jones's letters. S&S/AI 9459. PAIMP 22. Hardcover.
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- MEMOIRS OF THE WRITINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE, OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. From The Classic Press.
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- Teignmouth, John Shore, Baron; Jones, William
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- (Printed by Robert Carr), Printed for the Proprietors, Wm. Poyntell & Co., Philadelphia: .
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- 1805
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- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY MEMOIRS WRITINGS CORRESPONDENCE LORD TEIGNMOUTH JOHN SHORE ENGLISH POETRY 1805
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