![[BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS]. STONE TALK: BEING SOME OF THE MARVELLOUS SAYINGS OF A PETRAL PORTION OF FLEET STREET, LONDON, TO ONE DOCTOR POLYGLOTT..BY FRANK BAKER D.O.N.., LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 1865. 8° (193 X 198MM). BURTON'S ATHENAEUM CARD TIPPED IN, LETTERPRESS DEDICATION TO "MY OLD FRIEND" [JAMES HAIN FRISWELL], ERRATA INSERTED BEFORE P. ONE. (VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT SPOTTING TO TITLE AND PRELIMINARIES.) ORIGINAL VIOLET CLOTH, ILLUSTRATION AND TITLE IN GILT ON FRONT BOARD, BLUE CLOTH SLIPCASE.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/CSK/2004_CSK_09913_0114_000(083448).jpg?w=1)
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[BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS]. STONE TALK: BEING SOME OF THE MARVELLOUS SAYINGS OF A PETRAL PORTION OF FLEET STREET, LONDON, TO ONE DOCTOR POLYGLOTT..BY FRANK BAKER D.O.N.., LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 1865. 8° (193 X 198MM). BURTON'S ATHENAEUM CARD TIPPED IN, LETTERPRESS DEDICATION TO "MY OLD FRIEND" [JAMES HAIN FRISWELL], ERRATA INSERTED BEFORE P. ONE. (VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT SPOTTING TO TITLE AND PRELIMINARIES.) ORIGINAL VIOLET CLOTH, ILLUSTRATION AND TITLE IN GILT ON FRONT BOARD, BLUE CLOTH SLIPCASE.
A FINE COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST OF BURTON'S WORKS. Stone Talk is a bitter satire by Burton, in blank verse, 'enumerating many of the crimes which England has committed, and castigating her hypocrisy' (Penzer). Apparently only 200 copies were printed, and a 'large number' of these were bought and destroyed by Lady Burton to save her husband from trouble with the authorities. 'It is certainly one of the cleverest of all Burton's books, although it is practically unknown'. Penzer p.77
A FINE COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST OF BURTON'S WORKS. Stone Talk is a bitter satire by Burton, in blank verse, 'enumerating many of the crimes which England has committed, and castigating her hypocrisy' (Penzer). Apparently only 200 copies were printed, and a 'large number' of these were bought and destroyed by Lady Burton to save her husband from trouble with the authorities. 'It is certainly one of the cleverest of all Burton's books, although it is practically unknown'. Penzer p.77
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