BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir. “Notes and Remarks on Dr. Dorn’s Chrestomathy." -- “A Grammar of the Jâtakì." 1849. FIRST EDITIONS.
BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). “Notes and Remarks on Dr. Dorn’s Chrestomathy of the Pushtu or Affghan Language,” Art. V. -- “A Grammar of the Jâtakì or Belohckì Dialect,” Art. IX. Extracted from: The Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Volume III, number XII. Bombay: T. Graham for American Mission Press, January 1849.
8vo (223 x 133 mm). Errata at the end. (Some leaves laid down, slight toning and soiling.) Late 19th-century half paste-paper-covered boards (rebacked and recornered in calf, some wear). Provenance: Raymond Pearl (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of 2 of Burton’s earliest appearances in print. Appearing on pp. 58-69 and pp. 84-125, both articles demonstrate Burton’s early interest in languages, and were written some time before they were published, as the Second Anglo-Sikh War began on 18 April 1848. Penzer, p. 196.