Author: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Title: Edwards H. Metcalf manuscript collection of Sir Richard Francis Burton, circa 1846-1939 (bulk 1871-1896) Description: 1489 pieces. 46 boxes, also, five bound volumes. Notes: Sir Richard Francis Burton, (1821- 90), English explorer, writer, and linguist. From 1842 to 1871, he pursued military and diplomatic careers, serving in the East India Company's army, with Beatson's Horse in Crimea, and the Foreign Office, as the consul at Fernando Po, West Africa, and then at Santos, Brazil and Damascus, Syria. In 1872 he was appointed to the British consulate at Trieste, the post that he held until his death in 1890. Burton is remembered for numerous accounts of his many travels in India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, the United States, and South America. A polyglot and accomplished linguist, Burton was known for his translations from many languages, and for his interest in erotica. In 1861, Burton married Isabel Arundell. Lady Burton often accompanied her husband on his many travels and used her connections in assisting him in his complicated relations with the Foreign Office, academics, and publishers. She was the author of the Inner Life of Syria (1876), A.E.I. Arabia, Egypt, India (1879), and other works. A devout Catholic, she was opposed to her husband's infatuation with erotica, and after Burton's death, burned all his (3z(Bcompromising(3y(B manuscripts. In the 1890 and until her death of cancer in 1896, she worked with Leonard C. Smithers, Henry & Co., and other publishers on the posthumous editions of Burton's works. Edwards Huntington Metcalf , grandson of Henry E. Huntington. An avid collector, Edwards H. Metcalf served on the Board of Overseers of the Huntington Library from 1978 until his death in 2001. Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death. Buton's correspondence covers his consular service in Trieste; trips to Iceland (1872 and 1875), North Italy (1874), India (1876), Midian (1877 and 1878) and the Gold Coast; his business interests, especially his involvement with James Irvine's gold mining enterprise; views of domestic and international politics, including the situation in the Balkans, and his literary pursuits, in particular his work on the books about Midian and Gold Coast and the translation of Camoens. Correspondents include explorers, authors, and scholars -- George R. Fitz-Roy Cole, Verney Lovett Cameron, Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Storck, James Pincherle, Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker, Sir Henry Yule, and others; James Irvine and other officials, representatives, and investors of African Gold Coast Syndicate and the Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company; geologists, assayers, and engineers -- Georges Marie, J.H. Murchison, etc;, Egyptian authorities of the administration of Khedive Ismail, and editors and publishers -- Grattan Geary, William Forsell Kirby, John Tinsley, Kegan Paul & Co., and others. Burton's manuscripts includes his published and unpublished works, research papers, and drafts, mostly written in the 1870s and 1880s, including the voluminous materials pertaining to his work on the translation of Camoens. Among the unpublished writings are "The Eastern Coast of South America" (1865), translations of "Ladislaus Magyar : His residence in South Africa. From the German of Prof. Johann Hunfalvy," "Roland the Rageful," Burton's translation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, "Original Tale of a Tub from the Secchia Rapita of AlessandroTassoni," Giambattista Basil's "Neapolitan Muse," etc. There are also a few miscellaneous notes pertaining to his translation of the Arabian Nights. The bulk of the correspondence of Lady Isabel Burton consists of letters to her from Leonard C. Smithers, dealing with editing (including the expurgation of "coarse" expressions in Sir Richard's erotic writings), production, copyright, royalties, property rights, and projected sales of various works of Sir Richard Burton and Lady Isabel Burton. Other correspondents include Albert Tootal, James Hain Friswell, Oliver Notcutt, Henry & Co., Chapman & Hall, Harry S. Nichols, A. Teixiera de Mattos, and others. Also included is a collection of research papers and correspondence of Thomas Wright, a biographer of Burton and John Payne. Included are letters (some in copies) to John Payne from Burton, Algernon Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dutton and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and letters from Payne to Lady Elizabeht Lewis and Thomas Wright. The collection also contains correspondence and manuscripts of A. R. Allinson (b. 1872), a classical scholar and translator who worked with Charles Carrington (Paul Harry Ferdinando, 1867-1921). Carrington commissioned an edition of Burton's translation of Apuleius's Golden Ass; the edition never came out. Some pieces are in French, Italian, Latin, German, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Hebrew. Gift of the estate of Edwards H. Metcalf, 2001. The bulk of the collection was acquired by Mr. Metcalf at two Sotheby's sales, in 1963 and 1965, featured the property of R.J.R. Arundell who had inhertined them from Lady Burton. Smaller groups and individual items came from various booksellers in Britain and the United States, including Spink & Son, Ltd, Maggs Brothers, David Bickersteth, Howard S. Mott, III, John Shroeder, Argus Bookshop, David Magee Bookshop, Bennett & Marshall, Bernard Rota, and others.The collection of papers of A.R. Allinson was purchased from Robert W. Mann in 1979. Unpublished finding aid available in repository. Subjects: Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando Furioso -- Translations into English. Basile, Giambattista, ca. 1575-1632 -- Translations into English. Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896 -- Archives. Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 -- Archives. Camões, Luís de, 1524?-1580 -- Translations into English. Magyar, László, 1818-1864. Reisen in Süd-Afrika in den Jahren 1849 bis 1857 -- Translations into English. Payne, John, 1842-1916. Smithers, Leonard C. (Leonard Charles), 1861-1907 -- Correspondence. Tassoni, Alessandro, 1565-1635. La secchia rapita -- Translations into English Great Britain. Consulate (Trieste, Italy) Arabian Nights -- Translation into Engliash. Arabists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Authors, English -- 19th century -- Archives. Authors' spouses -- Great Britain -- Archives. Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Biographers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Catholic women -- Great Britain -- Archives. Consuls -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Diplomats' spouses -- Great Britain -- Archives. Erotic literature -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Explorers -- Great Britain -- Archives. Gold mines and mining -- Arabian Peninsula Gold mines and mining -- Ghana. Italian language -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Latin language -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Lawyers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Linguists -- Great Britain -- Archives. Orientalists -- Europe -- Correspondence. Poets -- Great Britain -- Archives. Portuguese language -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Scholars -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Scientists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Translators -- Great Britain -- Archives. Travelers' writings, English. Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Archives. Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration. Arabian Peninsula -- Discover and exploration. Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Brazil -- Description and travel. Egypt -- History -- Ismail, 1863-1879 -- Sources. Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources. Iceland -- Description and travel. Italy, Northern -- Description and travel. Trieste (Italy) Business letters -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Collections -- United States -- 20th century. aat Legal correspondence -- Great Britain -- 20th century. aat Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Poems -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Personal papers -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Professional papers -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Translations -- Great Britain -- 19th century. aat Circa 1846-1939. 1939. Other authors: Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard) Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando Furioso Apuleius. Metamorphosis Basile, Giambattista, ca. 1575-1632 Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896 Cameron, Verney Lovett. Camões, Luís de, 1524?-1580. Carrington, Charles, addressee. Cole, George R. Fitz-Roy. Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1830-1895. Hunfalvy, János, 1820-1888, trans. Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912. Magyar, László, 1818-1864. Reisen in Süd-Afrika in den Jahren 1849 bis 1857. Marie, Georges. Metcalf, Edwards H. (Edwards Huntington), donor. Murchison, J. H. Notcutt, Oliver. Payne, John, 1842-1916. Pincherle, James. Smithers, Leonard C. (Leonard Charles), 1861-1907 Storck, Friedrich Wilhelm Paul, 1829-1905. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909. Tassoni, Alessandro, 1565-1635. La secchia rapita. Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921 Tinsley, John. Tootal, Albert. Walker, R. B. N. (Robert Bruce N.) Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889. Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company. Other authors: African Gold Coast Syndicate. C. Kegal Paul & Co. Publishers. John F. Henry & Co. Location: Huntington Library, Manuscripts Dept., 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108. mss RFB1 - 1489 CID=OAT Control No.: CSHV05-A10058