Vikram and the Vampire; or Tales of Hindu Devilry

by Richard F. Burton

$750 · Offered by Argosy Book Store · No longer available

First edition

London: Longmans Green, 1870. 33 illustrations. by Ernest Griset. 319pp., 8vo, black pebble morocco with raised bands, gilt decorated spine and covers, marbled endpapers & all edges gilt. London: Longmans, Green, 1870. First Edition. Fine. Burton adapted these stories from those in the Baital Pachisi, a Hindu version of traditional vampire tales first written in Sanskrit after 1070 A.D. .

• Binding: Leather

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