BURTON, SIR RICHARD. PORTION OF AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (UNSIGNED) ENTITLED "MR., MRS. & MASTER GORILLA." NO DATE. 5 PAGES, FOLIO AND ONE 4TO SHEET (UNPAGINATED AND PROBABLY AN INSERTION), APPROXIMATELY 1200 WORDS, WRITTEN MOSTLY ON RECTOS (SOME LEAVES WITH ADDITIONS ON VERSOS), SOME INSERTIONS FROM OTHER SHEETS PASTED ON, SOME PRINTER'S MARKS AND NUMERALS IN BLUE PENCIL, MINOR WEAR AND SOILING. WRITTEN MOSTLY IN ENGLISH, SOME PORTIONS IN GREEK, THE PORTION IS HEADED "130. CHAPTER XI" WITH THE REMAINDER PAGINATED AS FOLLOWS: 130A, 130B, 131, AND 132. BURTON WAS FASCINATED BY GORILLAS, PROBABLY RECOGNIZING IN THEIR TRAITS SOME OF THOSE OF HIS WIFE, ISABEL, WHO BURNED HIS PAPERS.

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BURTON, SIR RICHARD. PORTION OF AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (UNSIGNED) ENTITLED "MR., MRS. & MASTER GORILLA." NO DATE. 5 PAGES, FOLIO AND ONE 4TO SHEET (UNPAGINATED AND PROBABLY AN INSERTION), APPROXIMATELY 1200 WORDS, WRITTEN MOSTLY ON RECTOS (SOME LEAVES WITH ADDITIONS ON VERSOS), SOME INSERTIONS FROM OTHER SHEETS PASTED ON, SOME PRINTER'S MARKS AND NUMERALS IN BLUE PENCIL, MINOR WEAR AND SOILING. WRITTEN MOSTLY IN ENGLISH, SOME PORTIONS IN GREEK, THE PORTION IS HEADED "130. CHAPTER XI" WITH THE REMAINDER PAGINATED AS FOLLOWS: 130A, 130B, 131, AND 132. BURTON WAS FASCINATED BY GORILLAS, PROBABLY RECOGNIZING IN THEIR TRAITS SOME OF THOSE OF HIS WIFE, ISABEL, WHO BURNED HIS PAPERS.

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