Manuscripts

[Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896]. Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: [title page and artwork], A.MS. (1 p.), ([1886, Aug.]), [London (Eng.)]

Description: On verso: autograph note by Oliver Notcutt. Also enclosed: printed titled, dedication, preface and specimen pages (1 piece).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-2003.
Call number: RFB 10
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992. The bulk of the collection was acquired by Mr. Metcalf at two Sotheby's sales, in 1963 and 1965, featured the property of R.J.R. Arundell who had inherited them from Lady Burton. Smaller groups and individual items came from various booksellers in Britain and the United States, including Spink & Son, Ltd, Maggs Brothers, David Bickersteth, Howard S. Mott, III, John Shroeder, Argus Bookshop, David Magee Bookshop, Bennett & Marshall, Bertram Rota, and others. The collection of papers of A.R. Allinson was purchased from Robert W. Mann in 1979.
Associated people: Cameron, Verney Lovett. (1524?-1580.); Camões, Luís de, (1867-1921,); Cole, George R. Fitz-Roy. (1830-1895.); Carrington, Charles, (1820-1888,); Ismail, (1844-1912.); Hunfalvy, János, (1842-1916.); Kirby, W. F. (1861-1907.); Marié, Georges. (1837-1909.); Murchison, J. H. (1865-1921.); Notcutt, Oliver. (1820-1889.); Metcalf, Edwards H. (1474-1533.); Pincherle, James. (1818-1864.); Payne, John, (1565-1635.); Smithers, Leonard C.; Tinsley, John.; Tootal, Albert.; Swinburne, Algernon Charles,; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander,; Walker, R. B. N.; Yule, Henry,; Apuleius.; Ariosto, Lodovico,; Magyar, László,; Tassoni, Alessandro,
Associated organizations: African Gold Coast Syndicate.; C. Kegan Paul & Co. Publishers.; Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company.; John F. Henry & Co.
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Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896. Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights: [preface], A.MS.S. (1 p.), ([1886, Aug. 17]), [London (Eng.)]
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On verso: autograph note by Oliver Notcutt, with printer's instructions. Fragile -- do not remove from mylar. Also enclosed: printed dedication and preface pages (1 piece).
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[Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896]. "Gerald Arundell…:" [printer's instructions for Arundell family volumes], A.MS. (1 p.), (1886, July 23)
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Fragile -- Do Not Remove from Mylar. Note: originally enclosed with letter from Isabel Burton to Oliver Notcutt, Sep. 1, 1886; now cataloged separately in Correspondence.
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[Holland, Mary Augusta Coventry Fox, Lady, 1812-1889]. 1 letter to [Lady Isabel Burton, 1831-1896]?, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1882, July 19), London (Eng.)
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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (trans.)]. [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights‟ Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: Terminal Essay, p. 60-63: early draft], A.MS. (4 p.), ([1886, Apr.])
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Also enclosed: Burton's envelope addressed to W.F. Kirby, postmarked Apr. 27, 1886; "The MS pages of the Nights," autograph, explanatory note by Norman M. Penzer, n.d. (2 p.) and original black cloth folder.
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[Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896]. "[I] earnestly wish that we should all receive the same Bible education…:" [essay fragment?], A.MS. (1 p.), ([before 1890 Oct.])
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With: ink sketch of "Marcionites baptizing for the dead." Also, autograph corrections and additions (on verso) by Richard Burton.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 23 letters and postcards to Oliver Notcutt, (1885- 1887)
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Note: bound together; also calling cards with A.N.S. Also laid in: one slip of paper with Burton's signature in English and Arabic. Also enclosed: 13 A.L.S. and 1 postcard from Isabel Burton to Oliver Notcutt, (1885-1887); typewritten transcriptions (11 p.). Previously numbered (please do not cite the letters by these numbers).
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