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Biography
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This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 430 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.
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A week in Venice: a complete guide-book to the city and its environs
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Kirkpatrick reference: 2299 Description: 176 p., [1] folded leaf of plate: illustrations, map Imprint: Venice : Coen's New Library Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Ms. annotations by Burton.
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Lovell, Mary S. A Rage to Live: book reviews: photocopies, 11 p., (1998-1999). Note: the reviews include a letter to The Sunday Times Books Letters Editor, Sep. 13, 1998
Manuscripts
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
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Book Reviews, Mary S. Lovell Material, Photocopies, Printed Material (1964-2000)
Manuscripts
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Printed Material: "Madeira: Its Scenery and How to See It…: [book review: printer's proof], 1 piece, ([1882]). Note: with a few printer's marks
Manuscripts
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
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Behm, Ernst, 1830-1884. Asien. R.F. Burton's "The land of Midian revisited" [book review]
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Kirkpatrick reference: 1924 Description: p. 156-158 Periodical title: Petermann's geographische Mittheilungen Issue No.: Vol. 25, no. 4 Imprint: [Gotha]
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