Lot 21
BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021 10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$600 - $800

Sold for $563

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870.

8vo (188 x 130 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by Ernest Griset. (Some very minor spotting to a few leaves.) Original black pictorial cloth decorated in red and gilt over beveled boards (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, repairs to hinges and a few corners). Provenance: May Seneple (signature, 1869); Alexander Day (bookseller's label).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, originally published serially in Fraser's Magazine from 1868-1869. Penzer pp.81-82.

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