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WITH PRESENTATION NOTE SIGNED BY BRITISH MUSEUM TRUSTEE

Lot No. 78:

A CATALOGUE OF THE TAMIL BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

  • Medium: Printed Book
  • Year: 1909
  • Size: 9 x 11.3 inches
  • Place: London

Unsold (reserve not met)

Estimate

80,000 - 1,20,000


Estimate US$

902-1353

Ends at Nov 27, 2025 09:29 PM IST

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A CATALOGUE OF THE TAMIL BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Year: 1909

Size: 9 x 11.3 inches

Year: 1909

Size: 23 x 28.8 cm (9 x 11.3 inches)

Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum.
No. of Printed Pages: viii+590 Pages

Compilers: L. D. Barnett and the late G. U. Pope
Front marbelpaper has handwritten inscription documenting a presentation to the British Museum. The inscription states that an item was "Presented by the Trustee of the British Museum Maeh Wickramasinghe" on "22 May 1918"

BINDING: Hardcover.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman

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