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Senate House Library, University of London

Egyptian commerce notes


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 123

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Egyptian commerce notes

Date(s): 1762

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 18 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Information not available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a discussion of the present exploitation of commerce in Egypt, relative to the French nation, 1762, including lists of goods suitable for import and export, and sections dealing with currency, credit and transport.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in half-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Trade

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Egypt | North Africa
France | Western Europe | Europe