Manuscripts

[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890]. Geographical Report of the Province of São Paulo Brazil: Part II Political Geography, A.MS. (267 p.), ([ca. 1866])

Description: Note: with newspaper clipping pasted or laid in. Handle carefully -- held together very loosely by string. Followed by: a portion of "Part I Physical Geography." Originally enclosed between p. 4-5: autograph draft letter from Burton to Lord Stanley, Oct. 19, 1866; now cataloged separately in Correspondence.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-2003.
Call number: RFB 86
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, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 1 letter to James Irvine, A.L.S. (1889, June 12), Trieste (Austria)
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[Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890]. Geographical Report of the Province of São Paulo Brazil: Part II Political Geography, A.MS. (267 p.), ([ca. 1866])

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