Lot 112: BURTON, RICHARD. 1821-1890. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. Translated and Annotated by his Friend and Pupil, F.B. London: Privately Printed [Bernard Quaritch], 1880.

BURTON, RICHARD. 1821-1890.
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. Translated and Annotated by his Friend and Pupil, F.B. London: Privately Printed [Bernard Quaritch], 1880. 4to (204 x 274 mm). Original printed yellow wrappers, in red cloth chemise and slipcase. Light wear to wrappers, thumbed, chemise damaged at corners. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.WITH: Another copy. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1880. 4to (204 x 274 mm). Original printed yellow wrappers, in brown cloth folder and gilt titled brown calf slipcase. Slight chipping to spine, a few marks on wrappers, creases to top right corners, internally very clean. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE.Provenance: Harold Greenhill (1893-1968, bookplate).A distillation of Sufi thought generally considered to be written by, rather than translated by, Burton. Penzer speculates that the entire first edition, first and second issues, did not exceed 200 copies. Penzer pp 97-98.