These are pamphlets and offprints covering many different areas of his interest. Some are rare editions whilst others are typed reprints of material held elsewhere.

The material within this collection comprises of correspondence and publications by and about Richard Francis Burton and his wife Isabel Burton (nee Arundell). There are also two photographs of Burton and artefacts.

Also included within this Collection are correspondence concerning the acquisition of the material by the RAS and some supplementary material regarding Oscar Eckenstein, its original collector.

"Terminal Essay to the Thousand and One Nights by Sir Richard F. Burton." Privately printed 1890. “Puris omnia pura”. London: for private circulation only. Violet card cover with black lettering. No. 10 of 50 copies.