The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. Translated into Mara'thi'

Bombay: Published for the Church Missionary Society. Printed at the American Mission Press. 1835.

First edition. 8vo in 4s. 213x130mm. pp 711 [1bl]. Text in Mara'thi'. Contemporary purple full calf, spine decorated in gilt and blind. Maroon morocco label to spine, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and scuffing and corners bumped and worn. Internally very good. Front pastedown has the bookplate of the SPCK. A nice copy of a rare book, Worldcat locating only two copies (BL and Yale).
Mara'thi' is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in India and is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. Dixon studied at the Church Missionary Society College in Islington. He was posted to India and was based at Nazikh, an important centre of Brahman influence in the Deccan Plateau where Mara'thi' is spoken. He was also one of the translators of the Old Testament into Marathi, which was finished in 1851 and appeared, in three volumes, after Dickson's death.