Minutes of Council Meetings; signed Minutes. Please note that these Minutes occupy the second half of a book containing also the Minutes for General Meetings from 11 January 2007-12 May 2011.

Blue and red, hardcover bound volume. Typed minutes pasted into pages of the book.

Minutes for meetings concerned with the founding of the Royal Asiatic Society. There are minutes for the Meetings of the Original Members and for the Management Committee. All are handwritten and signed by H.T. Colebrooke. On the first page has been added a printed list of the "Original Members of the Asiatic Society of London". Hardcover bound lined notebook with marbled cover and brown leather binding.

Proceedings of the Council of the Asiatic Society which become the Proceedings of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society on 6th November 1823; signed minutes for the Council Meetings. At the back of the volume is an index of some of the significant items and names in the Minutes. Hardback lined volume with red/brown leather cover. Some evidence of red rot. Handwritten

Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council; signed minutes. Also includes:

• Proceedings of Library Committee, Finance Committee, Publications Committee, and Ways and Means Committee
• Letter from Carnegie UK Trust, solicitor's letter re BC Law Trust
• Memorandum from the Honorary Treasurer regarding a meeting with the Duke of Westminster's solicitor concerning the possibility of a rent reduction
• Letter from RAS secretary to the Times re 'Asian Art'

Brief incomplete index at back of volume. Large red leather bound book, typed pages glued into it. Cover in good condition.