[INDOLOGY] Indian printed books

Tue Apr 21 13:34:33 UTC 2015

Dear All,

while we are on this topic,
and since Rosane Rocher has pointed out the fact that the Book provided 
by Emmanuel Francis is the catalogue of a private collection,
I would very much like to know
whether the calalogue of another private collection
(see below)
is available in digital form somewhere.

A few years ago,
while visiting the British Library,
I had the pleasure a examining a fascinating book,
in which the title page said
(this is copied from my handwritten notes of that day)

**************************************

CATALOGUE
of the
VALUABLE LIBRARY
of the late
Dr Arthur Coke Burnell, C.I.E.
(Sold by order of the Executors)
comprising
Bibles & Testaments in various Languages,
Early voyages and travels,
Especially to the East Indies and to America;
Numerous Dictionaries and Grammars;
Bibliographical Publications;
and a very extensive collection of
Oriental and East Indian Literature.

Which will be sold by Auction
by Messrs.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge,
Auctioneers of Literary Property & works illustative of the fine arts,
At their House, N° 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C.
On Monday, 14th january, 1884, and three following days,
At one o'clock precisely.

May be viewed Two Days previously, and Catalogues had.

Dryden Press: J. Davy and Sons, 137, Long Acre.

***************************************

That copy of catalogue
has a STAMP on it, which reads
"India Office"
"20 AUG 1914"
"Library"

*******************

I copied by hand enough information to fill 10 pages
in a notebook, but that cannot replace an exact reproduction.
(Is there a PDF on Archive.org? I would like to know)

I would also be curious to know what was the fate of Burnell's book:
How many people bought them? Are they now traceable?

Arthur Coke Burnell (1840-1882) is certainly a fascinating character!

Thanks for any pointers

-- Jean-Luc Chevillard (currently in Paris)

"https://univ-paris-diderot.academia.edu/JeanLucChevillard"

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On 21/04/2015 14:53, Klaus Karttunen wrote:
> Dear all,
> I also find the collection rather fascinating. The early Goan prints are
> mentioned in the Preface (and Rajam’s list leaves out Garcia d’Orta –
> perhaps the most fascinating among these early prints). But how was
> South India neglected as at the very beginning books printed at
> Trankebar in Tamil are presented. There is, however, one chapter in the
> (South) Indian printing history often forgotten (and I don’t mention
> this as criticism, just as interesting fact). As early as 1772 Jacob
> Shameer founded an Armenian printing press in Chennai and published some
> religious texts and school books.
>
> Best,
> Klaus
>
> Klaus Karttunen
> South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
> Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
> PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
> 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
> Tel +358-(0)2941 4482418
> Fax +358-(0)2941 22094
> Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi <mailto:Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 21 Apr 2015, at 05:25, Rosane Rocher <rrocher at sas.upenn.edu
>> <mailto:rrocher at sas.upenn.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you.  Beautiful catalog of a private collection that was offered
>> for sale en bloc, written by Graham Shaw, the now retired British
>> expert on the history of printing in India.  Does anyone know who was
>> the collector, if the sale went through, and, if it did, who acquired
>> this collection?
>>
>> Rosane Rocher
>>
>> On 4/20/15 4:52 PM, Manu Francis wrote:
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> For those interested in the history of printing in India, I have just
>>> found this on the www by chance:
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.booksofasia.com/PDFs/From%2520Conversion%2520to%2520Subversion%2520-%2520250%2520years%2520of%2520the%2520printed%2520book%2520in%2520India%2520_%2520030814B.pdf&sa=U&ei=j2Q1VbOtBs32O5jtgOgL&ved=0CAQQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEp7lvmvFjo7T7xLn8MCgDjus9r3Q
>>>
>>> [[I hope the link will work]]
>>>
>>> With best wishes.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Emmanuel Francis
>>> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du
>>> Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
>>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/
>>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
>>> http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
>>> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB
>>> 950, Universität Hamburg)
>>> http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>>> https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>>>
>>>
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