Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL4-RAS COLL4/3-RAS COLL4/3/5
Title
Letters of Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton
Date(s)
- 12th Dec 1978 - 21st May 2003 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1823 - present)
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
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence between H.G. Quaritch Wales and Professor C.F. Beckingham concerning the rescinding of Quaritch Wales' gift of two volumes of letters between his grandfather, Bernard Quaritch, and Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton. Two letters, dated 12… read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Access points
Name access points
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd London, England (Subject)
- Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (Subject)