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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Vikram and the Vampire. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1870.
8vo. Frontispiece with illustrations by Ernest Griset (some spotting). Publisher's green cloth gilt (lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, in the third issue binding. Vikram and the Vampire was adapted from a collection of 11th century Indian legends incorporating a series of "elaborate 'improvements'…of [Burton's] own invention" (Penzer). Burton’s work was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine from 1868-1869. (Penzer pp.81-82).
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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