Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL4-RAS COLL4/3-RAS COLL4/3/9
Title
Sale of material donated by Lionel Hopkins
Date(s)
- 1952 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Handwritten and typed
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On Lionel C. Hopkins death, the Society acquired his library. Not all this material was suitable for keeping with the collections and thus some books went for sale. These are handwritten and typed lists of the publications, 19 pieces.