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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 by Richard F. Burton.

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 by Richard F. Burton.

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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 by Richard F. Burton.

by (ARABIAN NIGHTS). BURTON, Richard

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Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [1903-1904].. ILLUSTRATED BENARES EDITION. LIMITED EDITION (1000). 17 vols. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm.) Bound by Bayntun in half red morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt pictorial devices, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt others uncut. Complete as issued with portrait and 113 full page illustrations after Letchford, Lalauze, Batten et al. A fine set. The Alf Layla wa-Layla ("One Thousand Nights and a Night") have enchanted readers for centuries with shimmering visions of "a land of fable environment whose deserts and oases, bazaars and slums, jeweled caverns and minaret-topped edifices are immediately recognizable" (Clute & Grant, 51). Esteemed explorer and scholar Burton translated and annotated the Arabian Nights, intending to create "a legacy to his countrymen, of whose imperial mission he was ever mindful, and to perpetuate the fruit of his own oriental experiences" (DNB). (Penzer, pp.130-132).

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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 by Richard F. Burton.
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(ARABIAN NIGHTS). BURTON, Richard
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Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, [1903-1904].
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Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Marbled boards
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Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...

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