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Proverbia communia syriaca
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
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 432 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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Kirkpatrick reference: 270 Description: vi, [2], 88 pages Imprint: London : Trubner & Co. Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Ms. annotations by Burton in the margins. Correspondence: [4] page ms. letter by Hyde Clarke to Burton dated 27 Dec. 1880.
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Kirkpatrick reference: 2052 Description: 13, [1] pages Imprint: London : East India Association Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton.
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Kirkpatrick reference: 2266 Description: 16 p., [1] folded leaf of plate: map Imprint: Trieste : Lloyd Austriaco
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