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Vikram and the vampire or Tales of Hindu devilry
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- Description
- 11 tales, translated by Burton from the Sanskrit Baital-Pachisi, or 25 Tales of a Baital, "hung on [the] thread" of the "laughable" difficulties faced by King Vikram, "the King Arthur of the East," as he and his son attempt to bring a baitel (vampire) to a magician. Cf. Isabel Burton's "Preface" to the 1893 Memorial Ed., p. xi.
- Publication date
- 1870.
- Call number
- 634028
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Associated people
- Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890,)
- Griset, Ernest Henry, (1844-1907,)
- Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890,)
- Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890,)
- Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890.)
- Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890.)
- Associated organizations
- Longmans, Green, and Co.,
- Dalziel Brothers,
