A Catalogue of the Library of Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., Held by the Royal Anthropological Institute


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Sir Richard Burton left a large working library at the time of his death in 1890. This library, formerly held by the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, is now at the Huntington Library. The catalogue lists the more than 2500 books, pamphlets, collections, and manuscripts that make up the archive.




Sir Richard F. Burton


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Burton


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The man who searched for the source of the Nile, became the first non-Moslem to visit Mecca, and translated the Arabian nights, among other adventures.