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Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, 1827-1900. Catalogue of the anthropological collection lent by Colonel Lane Fox for exhibition in the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum. June 1874
Description
Kirkpatrick reference: 288
Description: xv, [1], 184 pages, [5] leaves of plates: illustrations
Imprint: London : George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode
Kirkpatrick reference: 1299
Description: XV, [1], 138, [6] p.: facsimile
Imprint: Wien [Vienna] : Oskar Frank
Notes: Some pages unopened.
Correspondence: [4] page letter by Singer, dated 17 June 1884, laid in between pages 88 and 89.
This collection consists mainly of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, printed material, and catalogues related to Burton's work and interest with swords, fencing, and his interest in Middle Eastern poetry and history; the collection contains research material and early drafts of Burton's The Book of the Sword, Vols. I-III, and To the Gold Coast. The correspondence includes letters from, among others, Verney Lovett Cameron, Richard S. Charnock, Chatto & Windus, Dominic E. Colnaghi, Alexander Fergusson, Violet Greville, John Latham, Augustus H.L. Pitt-Rivers, Bernard Quaritch, William Tinsley, H. Schütz Wilson, Henry Yule and Hermann Zotenberg.
This collection consists mainly of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, printed material, and catalogues related to Burton's work and interest with swords, fencing, and his interest in Middle Eastern poetry and history; the collection contains research material and early drafts of Burton's The Book of the Sword, Vols. I-III, and To the Gold Coast. The correspondence includes letters from, among others, Verney Lovett Cameron, Richard S. Charnock, Chatto & Windus, Dominic E. Colnaghi, Alexander Fergusson, Violet Greville, John Latham, Augustus H.L. Pitt-Rivers, Bernard Quaritch, William Tinsley, H. Schütz Wilson, Henry Yule and Hermann Zotenberg.
