Showing 9399 results

"Printed in As. Soc. Bengal: Váyu tribe to Calcutta Oct 1857". Notes and vocabulary lists of English -Váyu / Háyu words. Handwritten, 20 pieces, dated October 1857.

Printed invitation from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to the Society's 150th Anniversary Reception and Exhibition. Five copies including one with Dr John Hansman as the invited guest, still in its original envelope.

Printed lecture/invitation card for the Presentation of the Society's Triennial Gold Medal to Sir Harold Bailey. Two copies, printed material.

Printed letter from F.F. Arbuthnot concerning the changes that have been made to the Oriental Translation Fund as decided by the Committee at its meeting on 4th December 1899. This particular letter is addressed to T.W. Rhys Davids.

Lists produced of publications for both Series of the Oriental Translation Fund.

Folded and printed colour map of Formosa (Taiwan) on a scale of 1:50000, with inset maps showing details of several ports across the island, including Keelung port, Tamsui port, those on Hengchun Peninsula, etc. Names of the places on the map are written in a mix of Japanese kanji and katakana characters. The map is 100cm high and 77 cm wide. Marked 'With best compliments, T Murby' on the front when folded.

Printed material both authored by West and collated by him.

This series contains catalogues and handlists for books, pamphlets, and periodicals.

Printed material collated by Raymond Head in researching the catalogue. These are:

• "The Earliest Representation of Borobudur" by J.E. van Lohuizen - de Leeuw - printed booklet.
• "Thai Manuscripts: An Exhibition in the British Library 23 January - 30 June 1983" - printed leaflet about the exhibition.
• Photocopy of a printed list of books about Persia. Has handwritten annotations and handwritten note.
• "Britain and her Buffer States, David Mclean, Royal Historical Society, 1979". Photocopy of a page from the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society concerning the designs of the Allahabad column by Captain Edward Smith.

There is a small amount of printed material relating to Pankhurst's interest in Ethiopia. These are:

• 'A Catalogue of Secondhand Books Old and Modern offered for sale by Holleyman & Treacher', Brighton, Sussex. Printed pamphlet for June 1953.
• Journal of Africa Studies Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 1979, in which is the article Mahbuba, the "Beloved": The Life and Romance of an Ethiopian Slave-Girl in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe by Richard Pankhurst.
• 'Central Asian Studies, Autumn 1983', book catalogue by Aris & Phillips Ltd., printed leaflet.
• 'Egypt and the neighbouring Countries, B.C. 1000 by Samuel Sharpe' printed plate of the map, published by E. Mason & Co., 1859.
• Photocopy of [Amharic] inscription.