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The ARABIAN NIGHTS!!
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night!!
(Includes Aladdin and the Magic lamp!)
Translated by John Payne.
FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING of John Payne's Arabian Nights!!
"Now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original Arabic by John Payne."
This is the RARE Alaeddin Edition, being the very FIRST EDITION of Payne's translation;
Limited to just 250 copies ever issued!!
Rare!
This is a very high quality set with a very limited production and very difficult to obtain!!
This set was issued subsequently in limited editions of 1000, but this is the ALAEDDIN EDITION, Limited to only 250 Copies, and was printed earlier!!
Printed on thick, high-quality paper, with wide margins!
These are large books, measuring 9 inches tall!
ILLUSTRATED, with full-page plates!
Top edges gilded!
Complete in 15-volumes, as issued.
(9-volumes + 6-volumes, COMPLETE in 15-volumes, as issued.)
Bound in the original cloth bindings. Fore-edge and tail retain rough deckle. Illustrations throughout. A pleasure to read. London: 1901. 15 Volumes.
Bindings in Fine/Mint condition, and textblock held firmly, some rubs to the labels, as shown. Pages clear and free of foxing. No writing.
A rare Limited Edition of the 1001 Arabian Nights, limited to only 250 sets ever produced!!
This is a gorgeous set!
"Now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original Arabic by John Payne."
This is the FIRST EDITION of Payne's translation.
This is the ALAEDDIN EDITION limited to only 250 sets ever printed!!
Each volume includes an illustrated frontis protected by tissue and wide margins.
Volumes:
Vol. I - IX The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night
Vol. X - XII Tales From the Arabic
Vol. XIII Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and other stories
Vol. IV Persian Letters
Vol. XV A Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour / Tartarian Tales
Complete in 15-Volumes!
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