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GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/16 · Series · 1830-2001
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

This series contains six original handwritten manuscripts of article submitted to the Journal plus an offprint of an 1830 article.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 SC13-SC13/9 · File · 1885
Part of Catalogues and Lists of Asiatic Material

A Catalogue of the Robert Morrison Chinese Library deposited at the University of London. The catalogue was compiled by Henry F. Holt, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, for use by the Society. Each entry was given a Chinese and English title plus a small description in English. The books are now housed at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. The volume was dated to 1885 as this was when Holt served as Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Holt Henry F
GB 891 SC13 · Fonds · 1792 - 1910

Within the Royal Asiatic Society collections are several lists and catalogues relating to Asiatic material which are not part of the Society's own collections. These have been gathered within this catalogue. They are:

  • 'A Catalogue of Indian Idols, Indian Paintings, Drawings, &c. which were collected by Mr. Simpson, during a long Residence in India in the Company's Service. Which will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, On Saturday, May the 26th, 1792, at Twelve O'clock.' This is a photocopy of the original document.
  • 'List of Oriental Works purchased at Erzerum, translated from the St Petersburg Journal of Dec 20 1829/ Jan 9 1830' - handwritten list.
  • 'Catalogue of moghrebine arabic Manuscripts in the possession of Jakob Graberg of Hemso' - handwritten, dated Florence, 26 April 1830.
  • 'Sale of Dr. A. Clarke's Library: Desirable for the R.A.S.' - handwritten list, undated.
  • 'Catalogue of Malayan Book's by Thomas Beighton - handwritten list, undated.
  • 'List of the Principal Budhistical works from the Pali in Chinese character by Mt Gutzlaff' - handwritten, dated 1845.
  • 'A List of the Oriental Coins preserved in the British Museum, B. Dorn' - handwritten list, undated.
  • 'Catalogue of Malay books the property of Inchi Mahomed' - handwritten list, undated.
  • 'Catalogue of the Chinese Library of University College, London' - handwritten volume, dated to 1885.
  • 'Lost of lithographed Malay texts in the alphabetical catalogue of Leiden University Library under Kikayat and Shair' - handwritten list, 2 sides, undated, post 1900.
Dorn Bernhard Johann Albrecht 1805-1881
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/16-RAS JOUR/16/7 · File · [1864 ]- 1885
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

'Notes on the Chinese Game of Chess' by H.F.W. Holt, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society New Series, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul., 1885), pp. 352-365. Holt was the Acting Interpreter, Agent and Assistant at the Ningpo Consulate in 1864.

Holt Henry F
GB 891 RAS JOUR · Fonds · 1824 - ongoing

The Royal Asiatic Society has produced a Journal from the early years of its formation and continues to do so. This material covers the records made in the production, administration and distribution of the Journal.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England