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Paper, 'Catalogue of 56 oriental MSS presented to the Royal Society by Sir William Jones' by Charles Wilkins

Reference number: L&P/11/70

Date: 1798

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Subject: History

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A catalogue of Sanscrita manuscripts presented to the Royal Society by Sir William and Lady Jones'

Read 28 June 1798

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L&P/11/70
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1798
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wilkins

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Charles Wilkins, Paper, 'Catalogue of 56 oriental MSS presented to the Royal Society by Sir William Jones' by Charles Wilkins, 1798, L&P/11/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_70/paper-catalogue-of-56-oriental-mss-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-sir-william-jones-by-charles-wilkins, accessed on 22 January 2025

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