Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of Eton College.

Margoliouth, D.S. ; Bradshaw, H. ; Eton College Library.

Published by Horace Hart, printer to the university, Oxford, first edition, 1904, 1904

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Cloth, gilt cover title, small 8vo, 22 cm, 34, [1] pp. 220 items. Catalogue of manuscripts mainly in Persian or Arabic. Includes indexes. The introduction prints a letter from Henry Bradshaw discussing the background of the collection: " The donor, Edward Ephraim Pote, was a son of Mr. Pote, of Eton, and was elected a scholar of this College in 1768. He took his degree in 1773, and seems to have entered the Civil Service of the East India Company very soon after that…But the most interesting circumstance about the collection is one which is not generally known. The books bought by Mr. Pote evidently formed part of the Oriental library of Colonel Polier, who is known as the first person who brought to Europe a complete copy of the Vedas…One advantage of the books having been thus early brought together is apparent ; namely, that there are to be found here many small historical pieces which may serve to unravel the intricacies of Indian history during the sixty or seventy years before the rise of the English power, which it is almost hopeless to look for in any other collection." Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-31420

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Title: Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts in the...

Publisher: Horace Hart, printer to the university, Oxford, first edition, 1904

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition