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Pincherle, James. 8 letters to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, (1877)

Description: Pinto, Benjamin. 2 letters to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, (1879-1881), Fiume and
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-2003.
Call number: RFB 813-820
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.

[Faulkner, Willoughy]? 1 letter to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1877?]). [Suez (Egypt)]

Manuscripts

Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.

RFB 462

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Turner, W.J. (William John). 2 letters to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, (1877), London (Eng.)

Manuscripts

RFB 1209-1210

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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890]. [Midian Expeditions travel expenses], A.MS. (1 p.), ([1877-1878])

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RFB 98

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Badger, George Percy, 1815-1888. 2 letters to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, ([1877?]), [London (Eng.)]

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RFB 164-165

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Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911. 1 letter to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1877?], Nov. 19). London (Eng.)

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RFB 471

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Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection

Rare Books

This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.

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Pincherle, James. 8 letters to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, (1877)

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