James Howison’s A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang (London, 1800).
Printed Malay-English dictionary and grammar. First pages missing, including title and publishing details. End also missing. Recently re-bound. Each English word is followed by Malay in Gundul and Romanised transliteration.
Physical characteristics of original material: Pages damaged, stained, crumpled at corners. Torn or cut in some places. Beginning and end missing. Extent and format of original material: incomplete book, 173 folios. Custodial history: Belonged to Newnham Preena, a late cousin, who passed it to A.T Abdue, cousin of the late Sheila Saldin, who gave it to B.D.K Saldin. Owner of original material: B.D.K Saldin.
