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Lot 16 Details
A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century 6-7 August 2025
The Book of the Sword by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Winning bid $1,103 Rs 96,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 32 Details
Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters 24-26 July 2024
Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Winning bid $5,060 Rs 4,20,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 6 Details
Signed, First and Limited Edition Books 16-17 May 2023
The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana: Translated from the Sanscrit in seven parts with Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Winning bid $963 Rs 78,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 45 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Rare Books 21 November 2023
Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Winning bid $878 Rs 72,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 12 Details
Indology: Rare Books Edition 18 May 2021
Winning bid $630 Rs 45,360 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSAYANA BY SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON
The Kama Shastra Society was formed by Sir Richard Francis Burton and his friend Forster Arbuthnot for the printing of various Eastern works chiefly ...to note that the book reflects the cultural attitudes and social norms of the time in which it was written. Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821
and Burton was genuinely touched.” (Introduction from Dane Kennedy's book of the same title as the present lot) Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 - 20 ...Richard F. Burton was a noted nineteenth-century British explorer best known for discovering the source of the Nile. This is Burton's first book
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