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160414n17881839ii ar eng u |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
UkLoBM |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
UkLoBM |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Asiatick researches: or, Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal, : |
| Remainder of title |
for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia. |
| 246 2# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Asiatick researches |
| 246 2# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Asiatic researches |
| 246 00 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Transactions of the Society instituted at Bengal |
| 264 1# - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Calcutta [India]: : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Printed and sold by Manuel Cantopher, at the Honourable the Company's printing-office; and sold at London by P. Elmsly, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788, i.e. 1789]-1839. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
volumes, plates : |
| Other physical details |
tables ; |
| Dimensions |
33 cm (4°) |
| 310 ## - CURRENT PUBLICATION FREQUENCY |
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| Current publication frequency |
Annual |
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text |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 362 1# - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
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| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Began with Volume the first; Ceased with Volume 20 (1839) |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Imprint date of 1788 is contradicted by the announcement of publication in the Calcutta gazette: 15 Jan. 1789 (cf. Shaw). |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Vols. 15-20 have title: Asiatic researches ... |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Imprint varies; printer's name in v. 3: T. Watley; v. 4-5 printed at the Honourable Company's Press; v. 6 adds: printed ..., by Thomas Watley; v.11 "Printed by A.H. Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee Press"; v.12 "Printed at the Calcutta Gazette Office"; v.18-20 "Printed at the Bengal Military Orphan Press, by G.H. Huttman". |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes texts with some printing in naskh⁻i, nastaʻl⁻iq, Bengali, and Devanagari characters. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Most engravers unidentified, but plates include work by: John Alefounder, Samuel Davis, Robert Mahon, and Aaron Upjohn. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes list of society members, annual speeches of Sir William Jones, President of the Society from 1784-1794, and notes on Society activities, with papers on language, history, archaeology, religion and society of India; languages include English, Persian, Urdu, Bengali and Sanskrit. With meteorological tables and calculations of latitude. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
An "Index to the first eighteen volumes of the Asiatic researches, or the Transactions of the Society, ..." was published in 1835 with the imprint: Calcutta: Printed at the Bengal Military Orphan Press, by G.H. Huttmann. |
| 515 ## - NUMBERING PECULIARITIES NOTE |
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| Numbering peculiarities note |
Intended to be published annually, printing difficulties made publishing irregular and usually biennial. |
| 515 ## - NUMBERING PECULIARITIES NOTE |
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| Numbering peculiarities note |
Imprint dates not related to actual date of publication; only 6 vols. appeared before 1801: v.1 in 1789, v.2 in 1791; v.3 in 1793, v.4 in 1795, v.5 in 1798, v.6 in 1800. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 580 ## - LINKING ENTRY COMPLEXITY NOTE |
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| Linking entry complexity note |
Partially reprinted at London in both pirated and authorized editions. |
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4 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Archaeology |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indians |
| General subdivision |
Languages |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
| -- |
Early works to 1800 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Oriental literature |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Literature |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 651 4# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Literature |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 651 4# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 651 4# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
18th century |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 651 4# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Asia |
| Form subdivision |
Periodicals |
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Early works to 1800 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Jones, William, |
| Dates associated with a name |
Sir, 1746-1794. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cantopher, Manuel, |
| Relator term |
printer. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Watling, E. F. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Elmsly, P., |
| Relator term |
bookseller. |
| 710 20 - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) |