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Total number of records: 16

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sinhalese (sri lankan people)1
steel1
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politics and government1
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iron1
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Percival, Robert (1765-1826)3
Henry, P F (1759-1833)2
Carpenter, Edward (1844-1929)2
Henry, P. F2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Moritz, Raymond1
Mills, Lennox A (1896-1968)1
Kitcatt, Mike1
Jones, Robin D1
Moritz, Raymond (1891-)1

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Miscellaneous works of Hugh Boyd, the author of the letters of Junius : with an account of his life and writings (v.1)

Boyd, Hugh (1746-1794); Campbell, Lawrence Dundas; Cadell & Davies

1800

v. 1. Life. Political essays : The Freeholder, a series of letters addressed to the electors of the county of Antrim. Democraticus, a series of letters, originally printed in the Publick Advertiser, 1...

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batik picture

late 20th-early 21st Century

A blue and indigo batik picture panel of wading birds, elephants and palm trees against water.

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La féerie cinghalaise

Croisset, Francis de (1877-1937); Moritz, Raymond (1891-)

1929

"Il a été tiré à 1000 exemplaires sur vélin de rives numérotés de 1 à 1000. Les trente premiers exemplaires comportent une aquarelle originale de Moritz": colophon.

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kittul fibre sample

mid 20th Century

A sample of kittul fibre. Produced from the leaves or leaf sheathes of the solitary fishtail palm (Caryota urens). The donor stated that brushmaking was carried out in the workshops of the Institu...

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Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India during the Dutch period

Veenendaal, Jan; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Delft (Netherlands). Museum Nusantara

1985

Includes bibliographical references.

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Furniture from British India and Ceylon : a catalogue of the collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum

Jaffer, Amin; Corrigan, Karina; Jones, Robin D; Kitcatt, Mike; Sexton, Markham; Dykes, Jeffrey; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria and Albert Museum; Peabody Essex Museum

2001

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ceylon : the near past

Van Dort, John Leonhard Kalenberg (1831-1898)

1951

Limited ed. of 1000 numbered copies.

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From Adam's peak to Elephanta: sketches in Ceylon and India

Carpenter, Edward (1844-1929)

1892

Contents: Ceylon.--A visit to a ḡnáni.--India.--The old order and the new influences.

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From Adam's Peak to Elephanta : sketches in Ceylon and India

Carpenter, Edward (1844-1929)

1910

Contents: Ceylon.--A visit to a ḡnáni.--India.--The old order and the new influences.

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