Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, 1821-1890

Burton was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. Burton's best-known achievements include a well-documented journey to Mecca, in disguise at a time when Europeans were forbidden access on pain of death; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after early translations of Antoine Galland's French version); the publication of the Kama Sutra in English; and a journey with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile.

Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, 1821-1890

[Arabian Nights]. Burton, Richard Francis. A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, …London?, c. 1910.

[Arabian Nights]. Burton, Richard Francis. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation …Colophons: U.S.A. Boston, MA?, ca. 1940.

[Arabian Nights]. Burton, Richard Francis. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, …Boston?, ca. 1904.

Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). Autograph letter signed ("R. F. Burton").Trieste, Consulate, 16 Oct 1876.

Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). Autograph letter signed ("R. F. Burton" and in Arabic).London, 15 Oct 1885.

Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). Autograph letter signed ("R. F. Burton").Trieste, "May 28" no year, but ca. 1880s.

Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). Autograph letter signed ("Yrs truly, Rich. F. Burton")London, 5 Oct 1872.

[Burton, Richard Francis]. The Kasidah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: A Lay of the Higher Law …London, 1880.

Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). 10 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed ("R.F. Burton", …London, Trieste and Geneva, 27 May 1882 to 12 May 1884, 8 November 1888, and no date.

Burton, Richard Francis / Drake, Charles F. Tyrwhitt. Unexplored Syria. Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul el Safa, the Anti-Libanus, …London, 1872.