The joy of a grammarian:

The Joy of a Grammarian

Came across a short grammar of Marathi written by Gangadhar Ramchandra Tilak, Lokmanya Tilak's father, and published in 1859.  Just take a look: 

https://ia801606.us.archive.org/4/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.366368/2015.366368.Laghu-Vyaakarand-a.pdf

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]