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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/36
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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 15 July 1837
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- 15th Jul 1837 (Création/Production)
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Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.
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Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson introducing Mr. Théroulde, a student of Sanskrit. Burnouf acknowledges the receipt of the copies of Sanskrit Buddhist manuscripts including a magnificent copy of Rakṣābhagavatī. The letter includes names of various famous Buddhist religious texts along with a discourse on Buddhism itself. Handwritten in French, 3 sides, dated 15 July 1837.
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- français