BURTON, Richard Francis (translator).
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments,
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments,
Now Entitled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights.
Stock Code 109535
London, [Smithers and Nichols for] The Grolier Society, 1902-1904.
Edition de luxe, number 31 of 50 copies; 12 vols; chromolithograph titles in black, red and gold, 71 photogravures after Albert Letchford and 21 etchings by Lalauze, each in 2 states (printed on Japan and India proof paper, with printed tissue guards), partially unopened, a few leaves loose in volumes 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12; publisher's cardinal red crushed morocco gilt [by Bain & Co.], t.e.g., held in the original custom-made mahogany cabinet with glazed and pierced metal front, lacks key.
Penzer p.120.
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