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BURTON, Richard Francis. Vikram and The Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London: Longmans, Green, 1870.
8° (194 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original black cloth with bevelled edges, covers and spine lettered in gilt and illustrated in red, (very slight fraying of spine ends).
FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE of Burton's adaptation of these famous Hindu tales originally written in Sanskrit in the 11th century. As with his 'Arabian Nights' which followed in 1885, Burton did not simply translate these tales but 'clothed the skelton with flesh and blood.' He described them as the 'rude beginning of that fictitious history which ripened to the 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments.' Penzer p. 81-82. Casada 93. Spink 40.
[Together with four other issues:] A second issue, 8° (194 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original red cloth, cover and spine lettered in gilt, illustrated in black, (somewhat rubbed). Penzer p. 81-82. Spink 41. [and:] First edition, third issue, a fine copy, 8° (193 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original green cloth with bevelled edges, cover and spine lettered in gilt, illustrated in black. Penzer p. 81-82. Spink 42. [and another edition:] London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Large Paper Edition of 200 copies. 8° (227 x 164mm). Illustrated by Griset. Original black cloth elaborately illustrated in gilt, top edges gilt. Penzer p. 83. [and:] Vikram and the Vampire. Fraser's Magazine Vol.lxxvi and Vol. lxxviii for 1868, 7 instalments bound together. 8° (226 x 144mm). Contemporary black half roan, (repaired). (5)
8° (194 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original black cloth with bevelled edges, covers and spine lettered in gilt and illustrated in red, (very slight fraying of spine ends).
FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE of Burton's adaptation of these famous Hindu tales originally written in Sanskrit in the 11th century. As with his 'Arabian Nights' which followed in 1885, Burton did not simply translate these tales but 'clothed the skelton with flesh and blood.' He described them as the 'rude beginning of that fictitious history which ripened to the 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments.' Penzer p. 81-82. Casada 93. Spink 40.
[Together with four other issues:] A second issue, 8° (194 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original red cloth, cover and spine lettered in gilt, illustrated in black, (somewhat rubbed). Penzer p. 81-82. Spink 41. [and:] First edition, third issue, a fine copy, 8° (193 x 135mm). Wood-engravings by Ernest Griset. Original green cloth with bevelled edges, cover and spine lettered in gilt, illustrated in black. Penzer p. 81-82. Spink 42. [and another edition:] London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Large Paper Edition of 200 copies. 8° (227 x 164mm). Illustrated by Griset. Original black cloth elaborately illustrated in gilt, top edges gilt. Penzer p. 83. [and:] Vikram and the Vampire. Fraser's Magazine Vol.lxxvi and Vol. lxxviii for 1868, 7 instalments bound together. 8° (226 x 144mm). Contemporary black half roan, (repaired). (5)
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