Manuscripts

[-----]. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [swords] "From Major-General Pitt-River's Collection, South Kensington Museum," 2 drawings: color, ([1883]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3

Description: Note: with Richard Burton's autograph notes. Both drawings damaged & fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-1947.
Call number: RBL 47
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from The Christensen Fund, Nov. 1997. At the time of Isabel Burton's death in 1896, the main part of Richard Burton's surviving manuscripts and library were deposited at the Central Library, Kensington; in 1955, the Royal Borough of Kensington gave the library to the Royal Anthropological Institute for safe-keeping. In 1986, The Christensen Fund acquired the entire library from the R.A.I., and deposited it at the Huntington Library, until November 1997, when The Christensen Fund formally gave the manuscripts and 2,500-volume library to the Huntington Library.
Associated people: Cameron, Verney Lovett, (1844-1894.); Charnock, Richard Stephen, (1820-1904 or 1905.); Colnaghi, Dominic E. (1834-1908.); Fergusson, Alexander, (1830-1892.); Greville, Violet, (1842-1932.); Latham, John, (-1880.); Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, (1827-1900.); Quaritch, Bernard, (1819-1899.); Tinsley, William, (1831-1902.); Wilson, H. Schütz (1824-1902.); Yule, Henry, (1820-1889.); Zotenberg, Hermann, (1836-1894.)
Associated organization: Chatto & Windus (Firm)
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[-----]. The Book of the Sword: [Vol. II-III: illustration], 1 drawing: B&W, ([before 1890 Oct.]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3
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[-----]. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [swords] "From Major-General Pitt-River's Collection, South Kensington Museum," 2 drawings: color, ([1883]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3

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[-----]. The Book of the Sword: [Vol. I: ink and pencil drawings and illustrations], (48 pieces), ([1883]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 and Verney Lovett Cameron, 1844-1894. To the Gold Coast…: A Personal Narrative: [Burton's pen drawing pasted down on inside of front marbled cover], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1882, Mar. 28). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 106

[-----]. The Book of the Sword: [Vol. II-III: illustration], 1 drawing: B&W, ([before 1890 Oct.]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3