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Burton, Richard

Prospectus. ... I propose therefore to print (not publish) exclusively forprivate circulation five volumes, bearing title 'Supplemental Nights' tothe Book of 'The Thousand Nights and a Night'

[N.p., 1886] Burton notes the gratifying response to the original edition in ten volumes and observes that “my ‘Anthropological Notes’ are by no means exhausted, and that a complete work can be produced only by means of a somewhat extensive Supplement.” Price was to be five guineas for five volumes. Subscription payments are to be sent to Mr. H. R. Heath, 4 Clarence Villas, West Green Road, Tottenham. In its final form the Supplemental Nights required six thick volumes 4to. 3 pp. on conjugate leaf with perforated form. Old folds, some splitting, marginal chips. Fragile

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