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Antique Limited Edition "Arabian Nights" Sixteen Volume Set

Item Details

A circa 1915 antique limited edition hardcover set of sixteen volumes of Richard F. Burton’s translation of the Thousand Nights and a Night, also known as the Thousand and One Arabian Nights. This limited edition of 1,000 sets, published for subscribers by the Burton Club. Each volume is bound in a light gray cloth hardcover with an applied label to the spine, with deckle front page edges, and is illustrated with black-and-white etchings with trimmed plate-marks and tissue guards. This is an incomplete set, including Vol. 1, 2, and 4-10 of the main series and Vol. 1-6 of the ‘Supplemental Nights’.

Genre Mythology and Saga
Binding Hardcover, Cloth on board
Publication Year c. 1915
Complete Set No
Number of Books 16

Condition

- light cover wear/discoloration.

Dimensions

22.0" W x 10.0" H x 7.0" D

Item #

18CIN474-087

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