The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R.F. Burton, Reprinted from The Original Edition and Edited by Leonard C. Smithers. Vols. VII-XII, lacking Vols. I-VI, First Nichols Edition

Author(s): Burton, Capt. Sir R.F. (Trans.) and Smithers, Leonard C.(Ed.)

4to.(6" x 9.75") Quarter black leather over black publishers cloth, very heavy gilt all over font cover of Arabic language and design, rear cover with centered Arabic script. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title to double gilt rule bordered red leather in second compartment, gilt author/vol# to gilt rule bordered fourth compartment, single gilt floral device centered to each other compartment. Top edge gilt. Minor edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, board edges rubbed in places, small marks to some rear covers black cloth. The spines Fine, displays very well.

From Wiki: Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, Burton spoke 29 languages.

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