Contes Arabes - Les Mille et Une Nuits - 1883

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 -