BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890), translator. A group of 9 works, comprising:

Vikram and the Vampire. L: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. 19th-century half black morocco. FIRST EDITION, unknown issue without original cloth. -- Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads). Isabel Burton, editor. 2 vols. -- Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads. A Commentary. 2 vols. -- Camoens. The Lyricks… (Sonnets, Canzons, Odes, and Sextines). 2 vols. L: Bernard Quaritch, 1880, 1881, 1884. Together, 6 volumes. Uniform modern green cloth gilt-lettered, original green cloth gilt mounted to upper covers. FIRST EDITIONS, Os Lusiadas: second issue; Life: FIRST ISSUE; Lyricks: the only issue. -- Priapeia. Cosmopoli: Printed by the Translators, 1890. Later suede-backed boards. LIMITED EDITION, number 401 of 500 copies printed for private subscribers. -- Il Pentamerone. L: Henry and Co., 1893. 2 vols. Original black cloth gilt (rebacked preserving original spines). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 88 of 165 copies of the "Large Paper Issue." -- The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. L: printed for the translators, 1894. Original vellum-backed boards. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 1000 unnumbered copies of the "Small-paper Edition." -- And another copy. -- And another copy in early 20th-century half red straight-grained morocco gilt. -- Together, 9 works in 13 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally good to very good.

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