Grammar of the Bengali Language (1778) by nathaniel brassey halhead.
Some of the rare and important works in this collection are: A Grammar of the Bengal Language (1778) by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, which is the earliest printed book in Bengali, Henry Forster's A Vocabulary in Two parts, English and Bangalee (1799), William Carrey's Dialogues, Intended to Facilitate the Acquiring of the Bengali Language ( 1801), Ram Ram Basu's Raja Pratapaditya Charitra (1801), Mrityunjay Vidyalankar's Batris Simhansan (1802), Ramayanatranslated by Krittibas and published in five volumes, Mahabharat translated by Kashi Ram Das (1802), Chandicharan Munshi's Tota Itihas (1805), Jayanarayan Ghosal'sSri Karunanidhanavilasa(1814), William Carey's Dictionary of the Bengali Language, 2 volumes (1815-1825). There are 400 titles of Bengali periodicals including many rare 19th century periodicals such as Digdarshan (1818) first Bengali monthly and the first issue of Samachar Darpan (1831) -- the first Bengali weekly
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