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LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1839 English

Correspondence Relating to Persia and Affghanistan is a compilation of documents concerning British policy toward these two countries, published in London at the time of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42). …





LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1838 French

In 1788, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) published a rather short novel, Paul et Virginie (Paul and Virginia), which recounts the youth of two children, who are raised as brother …



LC: Library of Congress · 1838 Sanskrit

In Latin and Sanskrit (also romanized); translated from Sanskrit. LC copy: Weber Collection; handwritten notes by Albrecht Weber. Also available in digital form.


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1837 Tamil

This illustrated manuscript made in southern India in 1837 consists of 72 full-color hand-painted images of men and women of the various castes and religious and ethnic groups found in …



LC: Library of Congress · 1837 Portuguese

"Impressa conforme a primeira edição de 1651." "Ornada com estampas, e hum mapa da India." Also available in digital form.