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Lot 57
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Numerous extracts of articles bound together, 8vo. Articles by Burton appearing in the 1863 issues of The Anthropological Review, occasionally bound with original wrappers or title-pages. Provenance: H. Bradley Martin (sold his sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1990, Lot 3439).
[Tipped in:] BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir. Autograph letter signed ("R. F. Burton"), to Richard OWEN (1804-1892), English Biologist and Paleontologist. Trieste, August 12, n.y. 4 pages, 12mo, on a bifolium. Regarding shell fragments from Egypt which Burton has brought back to Engalnd.
[The above bound with:] OWEN, Richard. "Contributions to the Ethnology of Egypt." Extracted from: The Journal of Anthropology. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY OWEN: "With the author's sincere esteem" -- CAMERON, V. Lovett. "Burton as I Knew Him." Extracted from: Fortnightly Review, December 1890.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

