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Title: Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1812-1894
Bulk dates: 1860-1890
Collection Number: 635664
Creator:
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 ;
Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896
Extent:
432 envelopes (including 27 oversized envelopes)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Rare Books Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets, and other works collected by the British explorer
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) and forms part of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library
Printed Material Collection. The items cover a span of 1812 to 1894 and include material under the subjects: General; Periodicals,
Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature;
Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific,
Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and
insertions of articles and clippings.
Language: Collection is mostly in English; non-English materials are indicated at the item level.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on February 25, 2015.
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[Identification of item], Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquired from the Christenson Fund, November 1997.
Custodial History
At the time of Isabel Burton's death in 1896, the main part of Richard Burton's surviving manuscripts and library were deposited
at the Central Library, Kensington; in 1955,
the Royal Borough of Kensington gave the library to the Royal Anthropological Institute for safe-keeping. In 1986, The Christensen
Fund acquired the entire library from the R.A.I., and
deposited it at the Huntington Library, until November 1997, when The Christensen Fund formally gave the manuscripts and 2,500
volume library to the Huntington Library.
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a British explorer, linguist, writer, diplomat and translator; he explored Africa,
the Middle East, South America and Iceland, and translated,
among many other titles, The Arabian Nights. Burton married Isabel Arundell (1831-1896), in 1861, and she, thereafter, accompanied
Burton on many of his travels, and became his
amanuensis and editor, as well as publishing her own travel volumes and an autobiography. Burton died of a heart attack on
October 19, 1890.
This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894,
collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library.
The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports;
Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature;
Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific,
Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence
sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings.
This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department.
Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890,
former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.
Related materials in the Huntington Library
- Burton Library Printed Material Collection (634001-635663)
- Richard Francis Burton Library Manuscripts Collection, 1842-1890 (mssRBL 1-139)
The pamphlets are organized by subject and then by main entry, as determined by the Burton Library bibliographer B.J. Kirkpatrick.
See her bibliography,
A catalogue of the Library of Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G. held by the Royal Anthropological Institute, edited by B.J. Kirkpatrick. London, 1978.
Subjects consist of:
Individual envelopes are described in the container list in the following format:
- Author. Title. Date
- Language of Material:
- Kirkpatrick reference: [Number assigned to item in the Kirkpatrick bibliography]
- Description: [physical description of item]
- Periodical title: [For offprints and articles]
- Issue No.: [Edition and/or issue information]
- Imprint: [City and name of publisher, if known]
- Notes: [Additional information about the title, physical condition, additional Huntington holdings, etc.]
- Ownership notes: [Notes on annotations, inscriptions, signatures, etc. that reflect provenance]
- Correspondence and insertions: [Correspondence and/or additional laid-in items, such as clippings]
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Periodicals
Anthropology
Archaeology
Geography
Linguistics
Literature
Medicine
Religion
Science
Swords
Africa -- Description and travel
North America -- Description and travel
South America -- Description and travel
Asia -- Description and travel
Europe -- Description and travel
Australasia -- Description and travel
Annotations (Provenance) -- 19th century.
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896.