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Add MS 88870
- Record Id:
- 040-000005513
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000005500
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000355
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88870
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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1. ff. 1-4. Notes by Burton on names of tribes in East Africa; circa 1873. Four octavo pages, stitched.
2. ff. 5-11. Autograph draft, headed 'Preface to Second Edition', ie, of Ultima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland (1875), with corrections in Burton's hand and that of his wife. On loose quarto sheets of paper.
3. ff. 12-25. Autograph draft essay and notes, 'On the decline of English trade and other matters at Trieste', [1876?]. On loose folio sheets of paper numbered 1-12 by Burton (10 missing), with the main text on the rectos and corrections on the facing versos. Probably a draft of Burton's article, 'The Trade of Trieste', Journal of the Society of Arts, 24 and 25 (1876).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000005500
036-000005508
040-000005513 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88861-88877 : Burton Manuscripts
Add MS 88866-88874 : Literary and Travel Writings
Add MS 88870 : 1. ff. 1-4. Notes by Burton on names of tribes in East Africa; circa 1873. Four octavo pages, stitched. 2. ff. 5-11. Autograph… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000005500[0003]/036-000005508[0005]/040-000005513
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88861-88877
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- c 1873-[1876?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 25 folios
- Custodial History:
- Sotheby's, 9 April 1963, lot 571 (item 3)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)