8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in French
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Author: Mardrus, J.C.
Title: Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit
Place Published: Paris
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Date Published: [c.1900]
Description:
Author: Mardrus, J.C.
Title: Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:
Date Published: [c.1900]
Description:
8 volumes. Edited by Eug. Fasquelle. Illustrated with color plates by Mulot, Krieger el Cie and G. de Malherbe. (Folio) blue half calf with marbled boards; guilt decorative spine in gold and silver; raised bands; red morocco label and inlaid flowers; marbled endpapers. Printed by Motteroz et Martinet.
Mardrus' translation of the Thousand and One Nights from Arabic into French, which was published from 1898 to 1904, and was in turn rendered into English by Edward Powys Mathers. Elaborately beautiful ornamentation illustrated in facsimile to the original Persian and Hindu manuscripts.
Condition
Although boards and spine are worn and show evidence of repair, binding is solid; pages are toned, especially at the edges, but illustrations remain bright; very good.
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8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in French
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