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Burton's A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome

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Burton's A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome

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Heading:
Author: Burton, Richard
Title: A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome - Volumes III and IV of the Memorial Edition of the Works of Richard Burton
Place Published: London
Publisher:Tylston and Edwards
Date Published: 1893
Description:

2 volumes. xxi, [3], 256; viii, 305, [1] pp. (8vo) 21.1x14 cm (8¼x5½"), black cloth with gilt cover vignettes, lettered in gilt on spines.

In 1863 Richard Burton was sent by Her Majesty's command on a mission to the King of Dahomey to apply pressure to cease the slave trade and other abuses including human sacrifice and cruelty to animals. According to Isabel Burton in the preface, "Gelele said that his prisoners of war represented his income, that his own people would kill him if he stopped 'the customs,' that if he received £50.000 a year he would attempt it..." Bookseller's labels on front free endpapers.

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Light bumps at spine ends, a few scuffs to cloth; a few repaired hinges, nick to front free endpaper of Vol. II at fore-edge, mild foxing; very good or better.

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Name: Burton's A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
SKU: 78960181
Price: 200 USD
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