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BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir. A Mission to Gelele. Second edition, “remainder.” -- Another copy of the "Memorial edition."

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BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864.


2 volumes, 8vo (201 x 129 mm). 2 engraved plates. (Slight toning and spotting.) Original purple cloth decorated in blind and gilt, spines gilt-lettered, uncut (spines sunned, covers detaching with a few sprung gatherings, some wear and light soiling). Provenance: unidentified embossed “r” to vol. I front flyleaf.

Second edition, the “remainder” with the more elaborate blind border and omitting “Tinsley Brothers” on the spine. Proceeded by the first edition of the same year, the second edition has the pagination error corrected on p. 181 of vol. II and the appendices rearranged. Penzer, pp. 72-73; Spink 32.

[With:] BURTON. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. Isabel Burton and Leonard Smithers, editors. London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. 2 volumes, 8vo (204 x 129 mm). Wood-engraved frontispieces. (A few occasional light spots.) 20th-century half brown morocco gilt, top edges gilt, stamp-signed by Maurin. "Memorial edition,” with the added short preface by Isabel Burton. Penzer, pp. 73-74; Spink 33.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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