Manuscripts
[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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[Foreword to] A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments now entituled The book of the thousand nights and one night [corrected proof] : with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The nights
Rare Books
Proof for the foreword to the Kamashastra edition of Burton's translation of Arabian Nights, found in the first volume. Corrections written in ink and pencil of various colors. Includes table of contents of first volume, which is also corrected and has page numbers written in ink. It is unclear who is responsible for inscribing the corrections found throughout.
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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: corrected printed proofs of p. 159-170], MS. (10 p.), ([ca. 1885?])
Manuscripts
With autograph corrections and notes by Burton.
RFB 105
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 57 letters and 1 postcard to W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby, 1844-1912, (1885-1890), London (Eng.) and Trieste (Austria)
Manuscripts
Note: bound volume, with envelopes; two letters (9a & 53a) laid into volume. Letters bound together with essay (15 p.) and notes by Norman M. Penzer. Also enclosed: four Isabel Burton letters to W. F. Kirby, (1887-1891), one W. F. Kirby letter to Richard Burton (1887, Dec. 18), one W. F. Kirby letter to Oliver Notcutt, (1888, Jan. 5). Cataloger's note: a bound volume of typewritten transcriptions cataloged separately in Ephemera; pencilled page numbers supplied by an earlier cataloger.
RFB 306
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[Akbar, Ali, Mirza]? "It was in the midst of the reign of Fateh Ali Shah…," A. MS. (42 p.), ([1876?])
Manuscripts
Incomplete; written by a secretary? Note: pencilled page numbers supplied by an earlier cataloger. Cataloger's Note: this manuscript could possibly be the "Akits as Mirza-Ali" listed on p. 183 of Penzer, one of Richard Burton's unpublished manuscripts.
RFB 1
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 2 letters to Verney Lovett Cameron, 1844-1894, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1878?]-[1882]), Trieste (Austria)
Manuscripts
Note: RFB 273, on verso: letter from [B Clauss]?, to Richard Burton, July 31, 1882 (2 p), and a reply to Burton's letter from Cameron, n.d., (1 p.).
RFB 272-273
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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (trans.)]. [Supplemental Nights to the Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night: notes]?, A.MS. (85 p.), ([ca. 1886?])
Manuscripts
In secretarial hand.
RFB 107