Dictionary Murat,hee & English, Compiled for the Government of Bombay, . Assisted by Lieutenants Thomas and George Candy. Bombay, June, 1831.

Thick 4to. Pp. xviii, (ii), 1162, errata (3). Two leaves (pp 727/8 and 743/44) with tear repairs. Later 19th century tan half calf over cloth boards, spine with five raised bands and red title label, speckled edges. Corners and joints expertly repaired. With gilt coat of arms of the University Club of Edinburgh on upper cover, its bookplate on front paste down and a blindstamp to the verso of title. Rare first edition, a second was published in 1857, of this comprehensive dictionary comprising some 40 000 words.James Thomas Molesworth (1795-1871) was a military officer in the service of the British East India Company and one of the most prominent lexicographers of the Marathi language. In 1825, he was stationed in Bombay and began work on a Marathi - English dictionary with the help of twin brothers George and Thomas Candy (serving as translators at the British East India Company in India) and a team of native Marathi-speaking Brahmins. Vater p. 237. Zaunmüller 269 (2nd ed.).