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BURTON, Sir Richard F. (1821-1890), translator. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Denver: Carson-Harper, 1900.
10 volumes, 8o. Illustrated. (Minor marginal dampstaining to vol. I.) Contemporary blue morocco, covers with gilt fillets and large gilt ornamental cornerpieces of red morocco with pointillé tooling, spines in six compartments, two with titles gilt lettered, rest with floral design with red morocco inlay top edge gilt, board edges and turn-ins gilt, red morocco doublures, by Blackwell (darkening to spines, wear to some joints, light staining to some covers).
LIMITED EDITION, number 461 of 1000 sets of the Facsimile edition of the Benares, Kamashastra Society, 1885 edition, issued by the Burton Society of Denver, Colorado with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BURTON ("R.F. Burton") tipped-in to vol. I, to "My dear friend," Athenaeum Club, London, 14 August 1885. 4 pages, 8vo. Mentioning his father's 86th birthday and his current poor health. Also mentions an upcoming trip to North Africa. At the time of this writing, Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights was beginning to be published. (10)
10 volumes, 8
LIMITED EDITION, number 461 of 1000 sets of the Facsimile edition of the Benares, Kamashastra Society, 1885 edition, issued by the Burton Society of Denver, Colorado with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BURTON ("R.F. Burton") tipped-in to vol. I, to "My dear friend," Athenaeum Club, London, 14 August 1885. 4 pages, 8vo. Mentioning his father's 86th birthday and his current poor health. Also mentions an upcoming trip to North Africa. At the time of this writing, Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights was beginning to be published. (10)
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