Illustrated Facimile of the First Burton Edition
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [WITH:] Supplemental Nights.
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only [i.e. The Burton Society], 1885-1888.
Price: $3,000.00
About the item
Limited numbered facsimile edition of the first edition, no. 12 of 250 issued by the Burton Society of Denver, Colorado for Private Circulation. Plates by Stanley L. Wood throughout. [xxviii], 362; [viii], 343; viii, 356; [x], 308; [xii], 406; viii, 303; viii, 382; [viii], 359; viii, 359; [viii], 532; [xii], 370; [x], 392; xvi, 661; [xvi], 381; [xviii], 515; viii, [xiv], 500 pp. Tall 8vo (253 x 158 mm.). Illustrated Facimile of the First Burton Edition. Bound in three-quarters red morocco, vols I, II, X, and supplement VI with joints repaired, else a fine set. Penzer 114-116; Casada 74; Spink 73.
Item #252363
A fine facsimile of the first edition of Burton’s translation, produced by the Burton Society for private circulation, and with the addition of illustrations by Stanley L. Wood not found in the original. Burton's translation has been variously assailed since its publication by prudes and pettifoggers and has weathered the storms of criticism. Burton's magnum opus contributed to the twentieth-century recognition of the Nights as one of the world's literary masterpieces.
