Manuscripts

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS. & printed (12 pieces), (1862-1883). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 4

Description: Note: also includes notes by R. S. Charnock. Cataloger's Note: originally enclosed, old binding from The Waverley Novels; now cataloged in Ephemera.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-1947.
Call number: RBL 25
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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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890]. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS. & printed (123 p.), ([before 1884]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3
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Note: also includes notes by R. S. Charnock and in an unknown hand; includes some illustrations.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS.S. & printed (140 p.), ([before 1884]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 3
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Note: also includes notes by R. S. Charnock, M. G. Mattilich, and some illustrations.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. "The Book of the Sword:" Vols. II-III: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS. & printed (137 p.), ([before 1890 Oct.]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 2
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Note: includes some illustrations. Cataloger's Note: Burton began researching these volumes before his death but the two volumes were never finished; Volume II was to cover the Mediaeval period and Volume III the Modern Schools (Lovell, p. 661).
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Vigeant, F----. La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne…[printed], 1 vol., (1882). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 4
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Note: pages uncut. Also enclosed: clipping from "St. James's Budget," Nov. 17, 1882. Old Waverley binding removed to Ephemera. In French.
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[-----]. ["Book of the Sword:" misc. research notes], MS. (51 p.), ([ca. 1883]?). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Boxes 2-4
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Note: autograph notes from several sources, includes notes from R. S. Charnock.
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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890]. "The Book of the Sword:" Vols. II-III: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS. & printed (107 p.), ([before 1890 Oct.]). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Boxes 2-4
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Note: includes notes in a different hand and some illustrations.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. The Book of the Sword: Vol. I: [research material: autograph notes & printed material], A.MS. & printed (12 pieces), (1862-1883). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 4

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