Antoine Galland - Les Mille et une nuits, contes arabes - 1825

[GALLAND (Antoine)]

The Thousand and One Nights, Arabian tales.

Paris, at Ledentu, 1825.

8 volumes in-16 (13 x 8.5 cm), half calf (binding of the period), smooth decorated spine, xxii-333; [4]-355; [4]-336; [4]-353; [4]-348-[1]; [4]-353-[1]; [4]-425-[1]; [4]-410-[1] pages (complete). Corners worn, chips to the upper edges of volumes I and II, 4 leaves partially detached in volume II, tear on the last leaf of volume VIII, rare foxing. Overall in decent condition nonetheless.

Ornate edition with a frontispiece in each volume and engravings/illustrations outside the text

Pleasant copy.