Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts

From the cataloguing notes:

Catalogue of a collection of 238 manuscripts, chiefly in Persian, acquired by Ivanow, collected mainly in Northeastern India, and brought by Wood to McGill University; a few titles already in the libraries of McGill University have been appended.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 1.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 1.

Included is Wladimir’s handwritten catalogue preceded by a typescript title page labelled “rough notes” with Wood’s handwritten annotations followed by Wood’s handwritten revised title page and table of contents, and a typescript preface with Wood’s handwritten revisions; this is accompanied by a typescript copy placed in loose-leaf covers of the revised title page and preface, and an outline of the parts of the catalogue, together with various other short sections of related information.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 3.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 3.

The revised title page is dated: Bombay, 1927; the “rough notes” title page is dated Calcutta, India, 1928 and has Wood’s manuscript notations re publication possibilities dated 1934.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 7.

Ivanow, W., & Wood, C. A. (1927). Annotated catalogue of the Casey A. Wood Collection of Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts. Page 7.

2 manuscripts one handwritten and typescript. The  handwritten manuscript is housed in a fall-down-back box 24 x 20 x 8 cm. 

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