Burton, Richard

Richard Burton was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, spy, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnographer, ethnologist, linguist, poet, fencer, Freemason, and diplomat. Amongst other things. A man who made 'Boy's Own' look faintly pedestrian.

1893-94 The Memorial Edition of The Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton
London: 1893-94

The Memorial Edition of four works by Captain Sir Richard F. Burton in seven volumes, copiously illustrated throughout with plates and folding maps.

£2,290.00

Stock Code: 841J7

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1860 The Lake Regions of Central Africa
London: 1860

A finely bound, first edition, second impression of this account of Richard Burton's nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs plates throughout.

£6,750.00

Stock Code: 838J21

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