William Robinson’s book of Malay grammar

Title
William Robinson’s book of Malay grammar
Year/Period
1857
Region
Batavia
Object Type
rare books
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
printing (process), bookbinding (process)
Dimension
Object size: 27.5 x 23.1 x 1.0 cm
Accession No.
2019-00354
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd

While establishing the British trading settlement on Singapore in 1819, Raffles was concurrently Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen in Sumatra. This is a Dutch translation of the rarest of Malay grammar books, based on the work of the Baptist missionary William Robinson and dedicated to Raffles.

 

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