J. C. Mardrus - Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit - 1910

Charming illustrated set of this edition, which poetically and sensually captures the universe of One Thousand and One Nights, in eight richly composed volumes.

Mardrus, a doctor and orientalist, departs from literal translations to offer a flamboyant version, where exoticism, eroticism, and the lushness of the narratives are accentuated, placing the work within the late-century taste for the dreamed and fantasized Orient.

The volumes, carefully printed, testify to Fasquelle's editorial ambition, which aimed to offer cultivated readers a complete and prestigious edition, featuring elegant typography and high-quality paper.

The collection embraces the diversity of tales — adventures, marvelous stories, tales of love and cunning — while magnifying the figure of Scheherazade, an exemplary narrator whose words suspend death and establish the power of storytelling.

J. Mardrus - The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - 1910 - Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII - Fasquelle
395, 347, 339, 315, 335, 371, 371, and 347 pages.

Good condition of the bindings, volumes in their half emerald green and blue edition morocco, marbled boards, signs of wear from use and skin abrasions, rubbed headbands, corners, and joints, jaspé edges, backs beautifully decorated with an arabesque mosaic motif, gilded titles and volume numbers on red morocco panels.

Good interior condition, some foxing, colored title page, works enriched with numerous full-page color illustrations and text within a border on every page, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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