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[BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir]. A group of 8 works related to exploration and scientific journals.
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[BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890)]. A group of 8 works related to exploration and scientific journals, comprising:


BURTON, translator. The Lands of Cazembe. 1873. Original blue cloth decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered. FIRST EDITION. -- [BURTON]. The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse... Among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil.  The Hakluyt Society, 1874. 20th-century black cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- BURTON. "On Lake Tanganyika, Ptolemy's Wester Lake-Reservoir of the Nile." In: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume the Thirty-Five. 1856. Pp. 1-15. Later blue cloth gilt. -- BURTON. "Notes on the Exploration of the Tulul el Safa." -- "Notes of a Reconnaissance of the Anti-Libanus." Each in: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume the Forty-Second. 1872. Pp. 49-61, 408-425. Original blue cloth gilt mounted to modern blue cloth. -- Another copy of the excerpted articles in later calf-backed green cloth. -- BURTON, translator. "Geographical Notes on the Province of Minas Geraes." In: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume the Forty-Fourth. 1874. Pp. 262-300. Original blue cloth gilt. -- Another copy of the excerpted article in later calf-backed marbled boards. -- Together, 8 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, all published in London, published by John Murray (except where noted), condition generally very good. 

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