Arabian Nights (Sixteen-Volume Set) - The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night

Arabian Nights (Sixteen-Volume Set) - The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night

$800.00 AUD

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Translated by Richard F. Burton.

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition:: Very good with no dust jackets 


Arabian Nights & Supplemental Nights is a complete set of Richard Burton's famous translation and notes of the Arabian Nights, a collection of folk tales from the Middle East. It consists of 10 volumes of Arabian Nights and 6 volumes of Supplemental Nights, published privately by the Burton Club in the early twentieth century. The translation is celebrated for its accuracy and eroticism, but was also controversial for its sexual content. The set is illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Translated by Richard F. Burton.

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition:: Very good with no dust jackets 


Arabian Nights & Supplemental Nights is a complete set of Richard Burton's famous translation and notes of the Arabian Nights, a collection of folk tales from the Middle East. It consists of 10 volumes of Arabian Nights and 6 volumes of Supplemental Nights, published privately by the Burton Club in the early twentieth century. The translation is celebrated for its accuracy and eroticism, but was also controversial for its sexual content. The set is illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.