Lot 466
Burton, Sir Richard Francis
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Abeokuta and the Cameroons Mountains. An exploration. London, 1863. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece of Burton, 4 plates, folding map, 2pp. of advertisements at end of volume 2, original green cloth gilt, some postting to portrait, one plate detached, volume 1 upper hinge splitting, volume 2 rubbing to top of upper board; [Ibid.] Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. London, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes bound in one, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, Isabella The life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth; Burton, R.F. translator. Il Pentamerone; Or, the tale of tales. London, 1893. First edition, 8vo, one of 165 large paper copies, this example ex series, 2 volumes, original buckram; Burton, R.F. and Leonard Smithers, translators. The carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. London, 1899. First edition, 8vo, one of 1054 copies, frontispiece, original vellum-backed boards; Hayman, John, editor. Sir Richard Burton’s travels in Arabia and Africa: Four lectures from a Huntingdon Library manuscript. San Marino, California, 1990. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket (9)