Bengali. Holy Bible in Bengalee, 1832

The Holy Bible,
together with The New Testament… Translated from the Original Tongues into the Bengalee Language by the Serampore Missionaries,

2 vol. in one, title pages in English and the Bengali language, inscription and date to first title-page ‘Leechman 1832 Novr. 24^th, Serampore, annotation in pencil to last page, ‘Sept. 8^th. 1832’, a photograph of the period [1860] laid-in of a cleric ?, contemporary calf, rebacked in cloth, leather lettering label, thick 8vo., Serampore, 1832

***John Leechman [1803-1874] a Baptist missionary and educator working in Serampore, India, from 1832 – 1837. He was the successor to William Carey the translator of this bible.