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Three copies of the Printed Menu and Toasts for the Sesquicentenary Dinner.

Illustration of helmeted head (same as on front of HTC/1/1) on green paper. Printed notice of "Walckenaer (C.A.) Notice historique sur la Vie et les Travaux de H.T. Colebrooke, presentation copy, Paris 1848". And handwritten note on same green paper, "To H.H. Wilson Esq., M.A., F.R.S. &c., &c, Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford".

Two copies of the printed programme for the Sesquicentenary Symposium and including an Introduction by the Chairman, priced at 50p.

Three versions of a printed leaflet advertising the Journal, all dating to the time when the Society operated at 74 Grosvenor Street. These include:

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet introducing the Journal and other publication series and highlighting the Journal’s value to British administrators in the East. 3 copies

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet introducing the Journal and the Society’s other publication series. 3 copies

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet entitled ‘Special Notice’, introducing the Journal and subscription details. Printed by Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd, Hertford. 3 copies

Printed sketches of Idre Phānche, a Sutan Monk, aged 40. Full-face and profile sketches. Reverse has note "Sifan monk to be returned to Hodgson". Printed material, 1 piece, undated.

This is an offprint of Gogerly's translation of the Saccavibhaṅga sutta. Translated from Sinhalese as early as 1837 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The translation is presented on 3 long paper sheets, and includes many handwritted corrections and notes. The first publication of this work took place in 1840 in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Later reprinted in 1908, in London. The Saccavibhaṅga sutta belongs to the Mahā Pirit Pota ('The Great Book of Protection'), which is a Theravāda Buddhist text of rituals to be performed on particular occasions in Sri Lanka for spiritual and physical protection. 44cmX14cm.

Printers block for the plates published in Hutchinson's "Adventurers in Siam in the Seventeenth Century". These are:

• Plate I: Outline Map of Siam
• Plate II: Ancient Ayudhya, as Reconstructed by a Modern Artist
• Plate III: Outline Map of the overland route between Mergui and the Gulf of Siam
• Plate IV: Outline Map, showing position of Siam in relation to her neighbours in the Seventeenth century
• Plate V: French plan of Ayudhya (Seventeenth century)
• Plate VI: Modern River Scene at Ayudhya above Site of Dutch settlement
• Plate VII: Dutch Map (Seventeenth century) of the Menam near Ayudhya
• Plate VIII: Phaulkon
• Plate IX: Siamese envoys to Louis XIV
• Plate X: Monseigneur Pallu
• Plate XI: Dutch sketch plan of Ayudhya
• Plate XII: Medallion commemorating a Siamese Embassy to France
• Plate XIII: M. de Chaumont presents a letter from King Louis to King Narai
• Plate XIV: Seventeenth century engraving (French) of Siamese State Vehicle for Royal Gifts, Letters, etc.
• Plate XV: Ambassadeurs de Siam, Louis XIV receives Kōsā Pan's Embassy
• Plate XVI: (1) Mergui from Pataw (2) Pataw-Patit from Mergui.
• Plate XVII: Ruins of Royal Palace at Lop'burī
• Plate XVIII: Phaulkon's seal on his letter to M. Fermanelle (2 blocks
  *) Plate XIX: Tale Chupsôn - Ruins of the Palace
• Plate XX: Seventeenth century map of the Menam from Ayudhya to the sea
• Plate XXI: Carved wooden ornament, reputed to have come from Phaulkon's house at Lop'burī
• Plate XXII: Ruins of Phaulkon's house at Lop'burī
• Plate XXIII: Southern bend of river at Ayudhya
• Plate XXIV: Phaulkon's letter to the Siamese students in Paris
• Plate XXV: Signature of Phaulkon's letter to Père de la Chaise
• Plate XXVI: Phaulkon's letter to the Pope
• Plate XXVII: A Modern Plan of Ayudhya

Some of these blocks show signs of deterioration of the metal. Care is needed in handling them.

'Private Memo (Poona 1822.) Distribution of 5,18,00.000Rs. the property of Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) between 1796 and 1800'. List of amounts distributed and recipients in the years preceding Nana Fadnavis' death.

Printed prize certificate for the Universities Prize Essay as designed by Professor Perceval Yetts in 1939 (see article RAS UPE/1/5). Two copies.

Prize Certificate for Desmond Patrick Costello. Possibly incorrectly filled in and therefore not the one presented to Costello. Printed material with handwritten insertions, undated.