Catalogue of a collection of manuscripts, including several of interest and value, in the Oriental, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Flemish, and English languages : autograph letters of many celebrated persons : and an assemblage of books connected with the study of manuscripts and ancient writings : on sale, at the prices affixed, by Thomas Rodd, 2 Great Newport Street, London.

  • Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849.
Date:
1841
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Credit: Catalogue of a collection of manuscripts, including several of interest and value, in the Oriental, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Flemish, and English languages : autograph letters of many celebrated persons : and an assemblage of books connected with the study of manuscripts and ancient writings : on sale, at the prices affixed, by Thomas Rodd, 2 Great Newport Street, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    37 Kalendar, in Turkish. A most elegant specimen of Oriental Penmanship. Each page is divided into eight compartments, by lines of gold, and the whole of the text is written in different coloured inks, viz. black, scarlet, crimson, blue, green and yellow, upon charta bombycina, small folio, 16s 38 Seaman. Januas Latinitatis vestibulum Turcice redditum opera Gul. Seaman, (author of the. Turkish Grammar) an autograph of this celebrated orientalist, 8vo, 2s 6d 39 Poems in Turkish, written in black and red, within a gold border, 4to, 3s 6d 40 Treatise on curing Diseases, in verse, with other Treatises in Turkish, 4to, stained, 4s 6d 41 Wakay-Al-Othman (the Wars of the Ottomans), by Sejevi; a tine Manuscript in Turkish, written A.H. 1098, folio, £2 10s TARTARIAN. 42 Jaghatai Poetry, with various extracts in the Usbeck and other Tartarian dialects, 4to, 4s 6d 43 Tartarian Language; a small collection of works, in six vol. 4to, from the collection of Dr. Henderson, the Biblical scholar, in poor condition, 16s 11 IN DOS TA N LA NG UA GES. 44 Sanscrit. An Astronomical and Astrological Roll, upon paper, upwards of thirty feet long and eight inches broad, with diagrams and figures, in colours, mounted upon rollers, enclosed in a neat mahogany box, £4 4s 45 A Treatise on Music, in Sanscrit verse, by Soma, called Sacalaeala, beautif ully written in the Bengal character upon paper made from silk, from the library of Sir W. Jones, who has written some notes and partial translations in it, fol. russia, /T 10s 46 Cingalese Manuscripts, written on the bamboo, from the collection of the late W. Upham, 16s 47 Singalese and English Vocabulary, 4to, 3s 48 Cingalese Almanac and the Horoscope of a child; two small Manuscripts ou the leaf of the bamboo, 3s 49 Malayan Language. A Theological work in the Arabic character, with Arabic sentences interspersed, 8vo, 3s 6d 50 Sankarruppatni Soot’ra, a Discourse of Buddhoo to Sankarruppatni, a very noted tutelary Demon: in Pali and Singa- lese, in deal covers, 19 leaves, 16J inches long, 2£ wide, 9s 51 Burmese Manuscript, written upon the leaf of a tree about 22 inches long, in the character of the country, black upon a red ground, highly ornamented with gold, a fine and curious specimen, 2 2s