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Printed Material 1993
GB 891 RAS ALL1-RAS ALL1/17 · Series · 1993
Part of Asiatic Society
  • "Catalogue of Available Publications" - pamphlet listing the publications of the Asiatic Society and their prices.
  • "The Asiatic Society, Founded 15 January 1784 (Institution of National Importance)" - pamphlet giving details of the Society, its history, activities and collections. 3 copies.
Asiatic Society

"Description du Tubet, Traduite partiellement du Chinois en Russe par Le P. Hyacinthe Bitchourin, et Du Russe en Francais Par M.***; Soigneusemet Revue et Corrigee sur L'original Chinois Completre et Accompagness de Notes Par M. Klaproth, Membre des Societes Asiatiques de Paris, de Londres et de Bombay". This book was published by L'Imprimerie Royale, Paris in 1831. On the front cover Klaproth has written "A Monsieur Manning avec les compliments de l'auteur". With the book is a paper bag in which it has been kept by the family on which is written (not in Manning's hand) "Klaproth's Description du Tubet, Presented to T.M. by the author".

Klaproth Heinrich Julius 1783-1835 linguist, philologist, orientalist,
Printed Material
GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/17-RAS BMM/17/3 · Subseries · 15th Oct 1993
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Richard Burton Memorial Medal

There is a single item in this sub-series - a newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph to report that Miss Beatrice de Cardi had delivered the Burton Memorial Lecture and received her medal.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
Printed Material
GB 891 WA-WA/5-WA/5/2 · Subseries · 1963 - 1973
Part of Papers of William Edward David Allen

These are offprints of sections of Allen's book and articles by Terence Armstrong.

Allen William Edward David 1901-1973 Caucasian historian
Printed Material
GB 891 HME-HME/6 · Series · [1827-1853]
Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

The printed material consists of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837 and a copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848.