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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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1870.
Call number: 635783
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992. Bookseller's plate found on back free endpaper verso, reading John Howell, Importer.
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Griset, Ernest Henry, (1844-1907,)

Vikram and the vampire, or, Tales of Hindu devilry

Rare Books

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.

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