The Arabian Nights' Entertainments | Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories in Three Volumes (Volumes I | II | III) | Dove's English Classics Series
John Fowler Dove (1787-1866)
(Book #ID 114569)
Published by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, London 1826. 1826.
Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original half chestnut brown leather, the spines divided into five panels, red morocco lettered labels to the second, tools to the others, marble paper sides. 32mo. 5'' x 3''. One Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights) is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th-13th centuries) - by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Contains volume I: tissue guarded frontispiece, additional title vignette, 412 pp; volume II: tissue guarded frontispiece, additional title vignette, 395 pp; volume III: tissue guarded frontispiece, additional title vignette, 390 pp. Small candle burn to the top corner pages 147-167 of volume II (not affecting the text block), bottom hinge of the front board of volume I broken, but holding, surface rubbing to the sides. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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