Item #659905 Tales from the Arabic: Of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Not Occuring in the Other Printed Texts of the Work: Now First Into English ... In Three Volumes (3 Volume Set). Arabian Nights, John Payne.

Tales from the Arabic: Of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Not Occuring in the Other Printed Texts of the Work: Now First Into English ... In Three Volumes (3 Volume Set)

Printed for The Villon Society by Private Subscription and For Private Ciculation Only, 1884. First Thus. Hardcover. Fair. Item #659905

Copy #412. 3 volumes. A Fair set in publisher's full vellum decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, other edges uncut (vellum quite worn with rubbing, staining, tears, and chipping to spines of two volumes; text has some browning to edges and some foxing and stains). Includes translations of 20 sections of the Breslau manuscript text and 2 of the Calcutta manuscript sections (over 50 stories in all), plus 5 appendixes (including comparative tables of contents, plus index; volume 3).

Price: $135.00

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