A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS [THE TEHERAN EDITION LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES], NOW ENTITULED THE BOOK OF A 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 THE NIGHTS. (EXTRA SHIPPING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS HEAVY COLLECTION OF BOOKS)
NP (Boston): NP (Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers), ca. 1905-1920. Teheran Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 17 volumes. Pale olive green cloth, spines age toned and with stained paper labels. Title pages printed in black & red. Each volume has a frontispiece and several text plates, all with tissue guards. This edition is limited to 1,000 numbered sets of which this is #520. Some volumes are partially unopened.
This is the most complete English language edition of "The Arabian Nights."
Note: This work was published between 1905 and 1920 in batches of 1,000 numbered sets. Edition statements may vary and include (in addition to this "Teheran" set) Mecca, Medinah, Aden, Baghdad, Samara, Bassorah, Shammar, and Luristan editions. Volumes of this set are numbered 1-17 on the spines, but v. 11-17 have title pages bearing the title "Supplemental nights to the book of the Thousand Nights and a Night," with notes anthropological and explanatory. (OCLC)
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOU PURCHASE THIS 17 VOLUME SET, DUE TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT, EXTRA SHIPPING WILL BE REQUIRED. good. Item #52756
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