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Undated - Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 1791-1849, historian. 36 Melville Street. To James Maidment, Princes Street. Thanks him for the printed copy of an agreement made by the Boyd family to use in his History of Scotland and asks if the original exists and where. box 11

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Removed from An historical and critical essay on the life and character of Petrarch by Alexander Fraser Tytler, lord Woodhousele. Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co., 1810 (Lilly PQ4540 .W8).
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Vandermonde, Jacques François, -1746, physician. Extract from the Pen-ts'ao chang-mu by Li Chi Tsin, beginning, "Traduction du Chinois en françois, d'une histoire des drogues que porte pour titre Kan mo ou principale extrait des auteurs qui ont ecrits de la medecine," and an original essay beginning, "La Maladie que les Portuguais de l'Inde nomment Mordexin est une indigestion d'estomac...", 1730? - Bound Bound

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1730? -
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Bound in vellum Pagination is numbered 1-111 and 150-168 Translation begins with the fifth book Chinese characters of all names in the text written in corresponding margin Writer does not mention his own name but refers to his personal experiences at Canton in 1728 and at Macao in 1729-1730 Present volume used by Edouard Constant Biot, 1803-1850, engineer, sinologue, for his article in Journal Asiatique, VIII, Paris, 1839, p. 206-230. Formerly in the library of Paul Pelliot, 1878-1945, orientalist; leaf with note in Pelliot's hand laid in front of volume
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Wardrop, Sir John Oliver, 1864-1948, consul general. 27 rue Erckmann-Chatrain, Strasbourg, France. To J. J. Cotton. Salisbury Hotel Folkestone, Angleterre. Personal letter about the family and mutual friends., 1923, November 8 - box 7

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1923, November 8 -
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Accompanied by cover Removed from Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani's The book of wisdom and lies. Hammersmith, Middlesex. Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1894 (Lilly PK9169 .O7 B5). Includes transcription
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Waring, George, 1806-1878, editor. To William Fison. Letter presenting a volume to him (Fison) in recognition of his cooperation towards its publication and in the settlement of family affairs "in reference to the residuary legatees.", 1865, November 6 - Bound Bound

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1865, November 6 -
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Mounted on the second blank leaf of Bosworth, ed., The Gothic and Anglo-Saxon Gospels with the versions of Wycliffe and Tyndale. London, John Russell Smith, 1865 (Lilly BS2549 .A4 1865).
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