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(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments,

now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the Nights.

Publisher: [London:] Burton Club, [c. 1900]

Stock code: 33651

Price: £2,500

The Samara Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 653.

17 volumes, octavo. Recent half navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout the set. A fine set.