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Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/1-RAS COLL3/1/1-RAS COLL3/1/1/5
Title
A List of Malay and Javanese Books presented by Lady Raffles
Date(s)
- 1830 (Creation)
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File
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Name of creator
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
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Repository
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Scope and content
"A List of Malay and Javanese Books - Lady Raffles requests to present to the Asiatic Society the Malay & Javanese manuscripts which were collected by Sir Stamford Raffles. Lady Raffles believes the enclosed Paper contains a list of them. Lower [… read more
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Language of material
- English
- Malay
- Javanese