[Rarebooks] FS-Arabian Nights - Illstrated- Limited Edition

[Michelle Levick]

For your consideration:
The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, 10 Volumes, Burton, Richard F.; Illustrated by Adolphe Lalauze, Burton Club For Private Subscribers Only, N.Y. 1900, Limited Edition: Thousand Nights and a Night, 10 Volumes, Burton: With Introduction Explanatory Notes On the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and A Terminal Essay Upon The History of The Nights, Richard F.; Illustrated by Adolphe Lalauze, Burton Club For Private Subscribers Only, New York, 1900: The Book Of: Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Now entitled, Thousand Nights and A Night. Beautiful illustrated ten volume set. Limited Edition, #18 of 1000 sets. Each volume has a black and white maze drawing to the prelim page, verso are a list of quotes; photogravures and drawing illustrations, some by famous French illustrator Adolphe Lalauze, Facing Limitation page is a dedication page "Inscribed to the Memory of" to different people in Burton's life. Volume I., 14 plates, photogravures and drawings; hand written poem in pencil to rear e.p., to pastedown neatly printed list of descriptions, i.e., Men squat -women stand, with page number reference. Printed as if typed. Facsimile from the original edition of dedication to John Frederick Steinhaueser, "Who a quarter of a century ago Assisted Me in This Translation". Vol. II. 7, photogravures and drawings, pg. 307. lower side edge few crease with two 1/2 closed tears. Also neat written list of reference with page no. to rear pastedown; Vol. III, 6 photogravures, listed notes to rear e.p. with page numbers;  Vol., IV., 6 photogravures. Page 30 mild offsetting; 295 closed thumb tear to marginal area. Vol. V. 7 photogravures,1 illustration. Reference list with page numbers, rear pastedown; Vol., VI., 1 drawing, 7 photogravures; Vol., VII., 5 photogravures, 1 drawing; Vol., VIII., 6 photogravures; Vol., IX., 7 photogravures; Vol., X., Contains: 5, photogravures; "Ma'Aruf The Cobbler and his Wife Fatimah"; Conclusion; Terminal Essay; Index of 10th volume; Appendices: Index To The Tales And Proper Names; Alphabetical Table of the Notes, (Anthropological); Alphabetical Table of First Lines (Metrical Portion)  In English; Alphabetical Table of First Lines (Metrical Portion) In Arabic; Table of Contents Of The Unfinished Calcutta (1814-18) Edition (First Two Hundred Nights Only) of the Arabic Text of the book of The Thousand Nights and One Night; Table of Contents of the MacNaghten or Turner-Macan Text (1839-42) and Bulal Edition (A.H. 1251= A.D. 1835-36) of the Arabic Text of the book of The Thousand Nights and A Night; as Translated by Mr. John Payne; Contributions to the Bibliography of The Thousand and One Nights, and Their Imitations, with a Table Showing the Contents of the Principal Editions and Translations of the Nights.  With 1 inch closed tear to lower side edge page 115, 1/4 creased closed tear to side edge margin of page 516. Each volume includes a frontispiece, all photogravures have tissue guard, and small decoration to margin of illustration. Black cloth boards and spine, stamped title on gilt wrap around banner, gilt title (in Arabic) and volume numbers to spine. Many photogravures by Adolphe Lalauze, French Illustrator (1838-1906). Each volume has an index. Various volumes have random red underlining to paragraphs and footnotes,  perfectly straight under text. Notes in volumes stated to rear pastedown are in pencil.  Few pages have tiny marginal closed edge tears. Else text very clean and bright as are illustrations. Hinges tight, few volumes have the slightest rubbing, few volumes gilt to spine is moderately dulled. TEG. A very handsome set.  Ex-libris plates to pastedown, "From the Private Library of Verda and Claude M. Koons". sm 4 to., 362, 343, 356, 308, 406, 303, 382, 359, 359, 532 pages. n.d. Circa early 1900's.
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