Ceylon: Miscellany, 19th century

Various items of correspondence relating to Ceylon [Sri Lanka], previously held in a subject file in the Western Manuscripts Department Autograph Letters Sequence.

1820-1882

1 volume

Item 1 purchased from Mrs Watson of Burnley, 1945. Items 2-4 purchased at Glendinings, London, 1935.

At Wellcome Collection: Further letters to and by the Orientalist Reinhold Rost (1822-1896), who occurs as a correspondent here in items 3 and 4, can be found in MS.8072.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.