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1. Mss Eur E70

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Mss Eur E70
Title:
Original manuscript notes concerning the Gangetic fishes
Scope & Content:
Most of the notes are in Latin, with occasional remarks in English, and some also show the Bengali names. The notes correspond to the printed text of Fishes found in the river the Ganges... but have been considerably revised before publication.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1800-1823
Extent:
1 volume in 2 parts

2. Mss Eur E71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E71
Title:
A description of the Gangetic Fishes
Scope & Content:
Contains the text as printed in Fishes in the river Ganges... with a few verbal differences annotated such as might have been made on the proofs. In three sections: introduction; description of the Gangetic fishes; Index methodicus.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur E72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E72
Title:
144 drawings in an album, depicting Gangetic fish. By an Indian artist supervised by Buchanan. These drawings were used for the plates to Buchanan's 'An Account of the Fishes found in the River Ganges and its Branches', Edinburgh, 1822
Scope & Content:
One hundred and four folios of drawings in water-colour and pen and ink depicting Gangetic Fishes, made under the supervision of Francis Buchanan (later Buchanan-Hamilton, 1762-1829). 103 fishes are illustrated, one fish (No.65 and 66) occupying two folios. A coloured side view is usually give...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1798-1814
Extent:
1 volume

4. Mss Eur F88/74

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Mss Eur F88/74
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1829
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters congratulating Elphinstone on his safe return to England. Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage and dinner invitations. Mss Eur F88/74/13 is a request from Mr Jopp asking for assistance in recovering the money from the Naroba Ortia ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
24 Feb 1829-27 Dec 1829
Extent:
1 file 178 folios

5. Mss Eur F88/75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/75
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include dinner invitations; letters of introduction; requests for recommendation and patronage (for example, from George Norton); James Erskine's debts and financial situation; George Keith Erskine's return to India; and the exchange rate between the East and West (John M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
27 Nov 1829-20 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 file 142 folios

6. Mss Eur F88/473

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Mss Eur F88/473
Title:
Mountstuart Elphinstone's pocket volume of Virgil
Scope & Content:
In Latin. Includes Virgil's three major works - the Bucolics, Gergics and the Aeneid. This book was given to Elphinstone by his mother, Lady Elphinstone in 1794, although it once belonged to his uncle Ruthven. It has been placed in a bag
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[1700s]
Extent:
1 volume 349 pages

7. Mss Eur F594/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/1
Title:
Manuscripts relating to Friar Odoric of Pordenone
Scope & Content:
Copies of manuscripts, in Latin, and Italian relating to Friar Odoric of Pordenone. Two manuscripts copied from the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana or National Library of St Marks, Venice, stamped with a library stamp and annotated by Joseph or Giuseppe Valentinelli, , 1864. (i) Codice ms. del se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
3 items

8. Mss Eur Orme OV.8

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Mss Eur Orme OV.8
Title:
Letters and Manuscripts relating to India and Various People, Events and Locations
Scope & Content:
1, p. 1-2c (24.5 x 21 cm.). The Descendants of Timur to Shah Alum., Copy. Duplicate of 23. 1 below. 2, pp. 3-20c (24 x 13 cm.). Journal of a Survey along the Eastern bank of the River Gomty from Lucknow to Mahomedy, by S. H. Showers. Probably a copy. Re-copied In XIII. 63. 3, pp. 21-23 (23 x...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1757-1782
Extent:
1 volume, pp. [iv], 120.

9. Mss Eur Orme OV.23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.23
Title:
Indostan and Coromandel and others.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1-2 (37.5 x 20 cm.). Descendants of Tamerlane to Shah Allum from 1400 to 1774, with a note concerning Jehander Schah, Allum Ghir and Ahmed Schah. Copy. Duplicate of 8. 1 above. Jahandar Shah was the eldest son of the Emperor Bahadur Shah (d. 1712). He was himself the father of Alamgir II....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1697-1774
Extent:
1 volume, pp. [iv] 162.

10. Mss Eur Orme OV.24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.24
Title:
Extracts and Contents of Vol. 23
Scope & Content:
p. [i]. Note to the effect that this volume consists of extracts from 23 above, in the Contents of which volume it is explained that these Notes are here bound together as being too bulky to be "contained under a Table of Contents." 1, pp. 1-45. Indostan History. 2, p. 45. Bengal History. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1697-1774
Extent:
1 volume, pp. [i] 56.

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