Includes: (fols. 1-9) early notes on the Middle East and Africa (pages originally numbered 1-11) (fols. 10-35) translated extracts on China, c.1780 (pages originally numbered 14-19 and 1-36) (fols. 36-50) miscellaneous leaves collected by Boyd Alexander, including (fols. 38, 39v) notes dated 1788, 1786, translations, and (fol. 41v) a pencil and pen-and-ink sketch of the…