The Library Edition of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. Illustrated.
12 volumes, bound in three-quarter red morocco, with green art linen sides, gilt titling and decoration on the spines in panels, Kamashastra Edition at the base of the spines, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers with red cloth hinges, portrait of Burton as frontispiece in volume I and many other illustrations, book plate of William Dufaur-Clark on each front paste-down endpaper. The leather is slightly rubbed on the spines, some insect scarring on the cloth sides, light foxing throughout, a good set.
Penzer (N.M.) An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, (London, A.M. Philpot Ltd. 1923), pages 117-125
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (260 x 170 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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