POEMS by Dr. John Leyden, partly original and partly translations from oriental and other languages. Five volumes. Paper. Folio and Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Poetry: Collection by Dr. Leyden from Oriental and other languages: circ. 1805-1810. John Leyden, MD: Translations and philological collections of Oriental languages: 19th cent.
The papers of Dr. John Leyden [ob. 1811] and William Erskine were presented by C. J. Erskine, Esq.
Scope & Content:
Philology: Collections on Oriental philology, by Dr. Leyden and W. Erskine: 18th and 19th centt. India: Translations of historical and other works, and philological and other collections relating to India, by Dr. John Leyden and William Erskine: 18th and 19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese
Vol. V. includes: f. 6 b John Leoch, Poet: Translation of his "Dream," by Dr. J. Leyden: circ. 1810. f. 8 John Leoch, Poet: Biographical account of: circ. 1810.
CUTTINGS from the "Mirror" and "Calcutta Gazette," of contributions under the signatures "Momus" and others; 1808-1810. At the end of the volume are cuttings containing Persian odes, with translations signed "Sadiq." Paper. Quarto. India: Contributions to Indian newspapers: 1808-1810. John Ley...
1. Copies, by Dr. Leyden, of modern English poems by Moore and others, f. 2. 2. Copies of letters of the same to various correspondents; dated from India, 1804, 1805, ff. 42-86, 106-134. 3. Extracts from romances and early poems, ff. 87-105. Paper. Folio. Poetry: Collection by Dr. Leyden fr...
1. JOURNAL by Dr. Leyden of travels from Madras to Seringapatam, the Maldives, Puolo Penang, and Bengal; 1804-1806, f. 3. 2. Vocabularies, by the same, of the Maldive language, f. 73;-Malayalam, f. 87;-and Arab-Tamil, with alphabet, etc., ff. 94 b, 98. 3."History of Iblis and Adam," in Arab-...