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BURTON, Richard Francis.
Vikram and the vampire, or tales of Hindu devilery.
Longmans, London 1870. First edition. 8vo, xix, 317pp., half-title, 33 plates by Ernest Griset, later blue half morocco gilt for H. Sotheran, Strand (pre 1930), marbled sides and edges, armorial bookplate, an excellent copy.
Burton's adaption of 11th century Hindu tales originally written in Sanskrit, which Burton described as "the rude beginning of that ficticious history which ripened to the Arabian Nights." Penzer 81-82; Casada 93.
Price: £ 300
US Dollar Price: $ 460
Stock Number: 74648