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The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century

This article examines the collection of Malay manuscripts and printed books of William Maxwell, a British administrative officer based in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century. The collection is remarkable for its extensive range of materials, encompassing topics such as literature, hist...

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Päätekijä:	Yahya, Farouk
Aineistotyyppi:	Article ou chapitre numérique
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Julkaistu:	Archipel 2025
Aiheet:	XIXe siècle manuscrits péninsule malaise malais William Maxwell collections privées manuscripts Malay Malay peninsula 19th century private collections
Linkit:	Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_9474 https://doi.org/10.4000/15d9n urn:doi:10.4000/15d9n en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/9474 2025-12-17T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/15d9n https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Yahya, Farouk XIXe siècle manuscrits péninsule malaise malais William Maxwell collections privées manuscripts Malay William Maxwell Malay peninsula 19th century private collections This article examines the collection of Malay manuscripts and printed books of William Maxwell, a British administrative officer based in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century. The collection is remarkable for its extensive range of materials, encompassing topics such as literature, history, religion and the occult sciences. The items were acquired from various local sources, providing a valuable insight into the acquisition and circulation of books in the region during this period. This article thus seeks to reconstruct some of the local private libraries that formed the basis of Maxwell’s collection. In doing so it aims to identify the types of texts that were of interest in the Malay peninsula during the nineteenth century. At the same time, it will explore the relationships between Maxwell and the original owners, placing the collection within the broader context of local and colonial book-collecting activities. Cet article examine la collection de manuscrits et d’ouvrages imprimés malais de William Maxwell, un fonctionnaire administratif britannique en poste dans la péninsule malaise au XIXe siècle. Remarquable par sa grande diversité, la collection aborde des sujets aussi variés que la littérature, l’histoire, la religion et les sciences occultes. Acquis auprès de diverses sources locales, les ouvrages offrent un éclairage précieux sur l’acquisition et la circulation des livres dans la région à cette époque. Cet article s’attache ainsi à reconstituer certaines des bibliothèques privées locales qui ont constitué le noyau de la collection de Maxwell. Ce faisant, il vise à identifier les types de textes qui suscitaient l’intérêt dans la péninsule malaise au XIXe siècle. Parallèlement, il explore les relations entre Maxwell et les premiers propriétaires des ouvrages, replaçant ainsi la collection dans le contexte plus large des activités de bibliophilie locales et coloniales.
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description	This article examines the collection of Malay manuscripts and printed books of William Maxwell, a British administrative officer based in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century. The collection is remarkable for its extensive range of materials, encompassing topics such as literature, history, religion and the occult sciences. The items were acquired from various local sources, providing a valuable insight into the acquisition and circulation of books in the region during this period. This article thus seeks to reconstruct some of the local private libraries that formed the basis of Maxwell’s collection. In doing so it aims to identify the types of texts that were of interest in the Malay peninsula during the nineteenth century. At the same time, it will explore the relationships between Maxwell and the original owners, placing the collection within the broader context of local and colonial book-collecting activities.
author	Yahya, Farouk
author_facet	Yahya, Farouk
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title	The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century
title_short	The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century
title_full	The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century
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The Maxwell collection and local private libraries in the Malay Peninsula during the nineteenth century

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