Contes Arabes - Les Mille et Une Nuits - 1883

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Two-volume illustrated French edition of Les Mille et Une Nuits, translated by Antoine Galland, published in 1883 by Th. de Lamotte Saint-Martin, with red percaline bindings, 20 x 29 cm, 798 pages, and 171 illustrations in volume 1 and 250 in volume 2 by Chazal, Gustave Doré, Worms, Foulquier, and others, in very good condition.

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One Thousand and One Nights - Arab Tales translated into French by Antoine Galland - Complete in 2 volumes - Paris. Th. de Lamotte Saint-Martin, Publisher, 1883 - New edition with 171 illustrations for the first volume and 250 for the second volume (outside-the-text plates or mid-page vignettes) by Chazal, Gustave Doré, Worms, Foulquier, Gerlier, A. Régnier, A. Joliet, etc. - Publisher's red grainy cloth binding, signed by Engel at the tail, the upper boards adorned with a large black-and-gold composition representing the king and the two sisters of One Thousand and One Nights, at the center of a rich oriental architectural decorative motif, smooth spine titled and gilded, rear boards decorated with a black central rosette framed by a wide black border, gilded edges, 412 and 386 pages, format in-4° (20 x 29 cm) - Table of contents: see photos - Very good condition, however scattered foxing appears on some pages -

One Thousand and One Nights - Arab Tales translated into French by Antoine Galland - Complete in 2 volumes - Paris. Th. de Lamotte Saint-Martin, Publisher, 1883 - New edition with 171 illustrations for the first volume and 250 for the second volume (outside-the-text plates or mid-page vignettes) by Chazal, Gustave Doré, Worms, Foulquier, Gerlier, A. Régnier, A. Joliet, etc. - Publisher's red grainy cloth binding, signed by Engel at the tail, the upper boards adorned with a large black-and-gold composition representing the king and the two sisters of One Thousand and One Nights, at the center of a rich oriental architectural decorative motif, smooth spine titled and gilded, rear boards decorated with a black central rosette framed by a wide black border, gilded edges, 412 and 386 pages, format in-4° (20 x 29 cm) - Table of contents: see photos - Very good condition, however scattered foxing appears on some pages -

Details

Number of books
2
Subject
Fine Bindings, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Les Mille et Une Nuits
Author/ Illustrator
Contes Arabes
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1883
Height
29 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
20 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Publisher
Th. de Lamotte Saint-Martin, Paris
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
798
Sold by
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1976
Objects sold
92.5%
Private

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