The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated from Arabic, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-One Original Illustrations. In Twelve Volumes. Library Edition

4to.(6.25" x 10") 1897. London: H.S. Nichols, Ltd. The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated from Arabic, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-One Original Illustrations. In Twelve Volumes. Library Edition 12 Volumes complete. Quarter purple leather over light green cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title to green leather in second compartment, translator and vol# to brown leather in fourth compartment, single gilt rule to head and foot of spine. The slightest of edgewear, some corners bumped. Some boards lightly soiled. Top edges gilt, fore-edges deckled. All volumes with refreshed endpapers, tissue guarded frontispieces, title pages in red and black ink, and several engraved illustrations per volume. A beautiful set of books, with gorgeous purple spines, and virtually no wear. Sir Richard Francis Burton, KCMG, FRGS, (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, army officer, orientalist writer and scholar. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.

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