DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 39 



State Council by M. A.. Stein, ph.d. A catalogue of one of 

 the most important libraries in India. Printed at Bombay in 

 the best style of Indian typography. 



2. Prakrit and Sanskrit inscriptions of Kattywar. Pre- 

 sented by H.H. the Maharaja of Bhavnagar. Printed, with 

 admirable photo-lithographic facsimiles and with English 

 translations, at Bhavnagar. Probably the first work of 

 scientific archaeology ever printed in a native state. 



Sindhi Book. — Hikayat al-Salihln, a collection of moral 

 tales and anecdotes, by Wall Muhammad. Lithographed 

 at Karachi in 1851. (Extremely rare.) 



Sinhalese MSS. — 1. A unique collection of about 19 MSS. 

 of works connected with the devil worship still existing in 

 Ceylon. Chiefly small MSS. written on palm leaves. 

 18th-19th centuries. 



2. A transcript of a rare and authentic work on the history 

 of Ceylon (c. 1300-1600 A.D.). From an original discovered 

 in Kurunegala District, Ceylon. ** 



3. Transcript of a rare work on the native treatment of 

 hydrophobia, snake bites, &c. 



Syriac MS. — Services to be used at the laying of the 

 foundation stone of a church, and at the ordination of readers, 

 sub-deacons, &c. The rubrical directions are in Karshuni,, 

 and some of the prayers are in Greek written in the Syriac 

 character. Small 4°. Probably 12th century. 



Turkish Books. — A collection of 112 volumes published in 

 Constantinople during the present reign, consisting of works 

 of wide and general interest; together with four albums of 

 photographs of objects of interest in and about Constantinople. 

 Presented hy H.I.M. Sultan Abdul Hamid II. 



The number of Oriental Printed Books consulted by 

 readers during 1895 was 5,484, and the number of Oriental 

 MSS. consulted during the same period was 3,202. 



Robert K. Douglas.. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A second edition of the guide to the exhibition in the public 

 gallery, with the engravings shown on the swing frames in- 

 cluded, has been prepared and issued. 



The collection of niello plates and sulphurs has been care- 

 fully cleaned and returned to the exhibition case. 



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