BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). A Glance at the "Passion Play". London: W.H. Harrison, 1881.

8vo. Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, 3 plans, and 13pp. musical notation in text, each page with red-ruled border. Original silky red cloth gilt over beveled boards, edges gilt, bound by Smith-Bros. with their ticket (spine sunned, a touch of light soiling, a few minor boxes to board edges, hinges just starting). Provenance: Ernest Frederick Gye (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, and only edition. Penzer, p. 106 ("becoming scarce"); Spink 70.

[Laid in:] BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Autograph letter signed ("R.F. Burton") to J. Frederick Collingwood (1829-1910). N.p., 17 August 1876. 4 pages on a bifolium, 12mo, with blue mailing envelope, addressed in Burton's hand to "The Secretary Anthropological Institute," postmarked "London W 3" on 26 October [18]75 with the "5" corrected to a "6."

Burton writes as Vice President of the Anthropological Society of London, which he co-founded, to its Secretary, J. Frederick Collingwood, regarding the business of the Institute. He discusses publication opportunities and upcoming travel plans: "At present trade especially the book trade is so hard that it would [be] a waste of time and trouble to propose it to publishers. Next spring we may be more fortunate. I'm off for a trip to Southern Istria "Cashtrieri"[?]-hunting, but I shall offer results to the Paris Society."

[With:] BURTON, Isabel (1831-1896). The Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau. W.H. Wilkins, editor. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1900. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece of the author with facsimile signature, title-page printed in red and black. (Some overall toning and slight spotting.) Original purple cloth, spine gilt-lettered (spine sunned, some soiling and wear with a few old cellotape repairs, hinges cracked). Provenance: Library of the Mechanics Institute of Montreal (withdrawn bookplate and some shelfmarks). FIRST EDITION.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). A Glance at the "Passion Play". London: W.H. Harrison, 1881.