Galland [trans.] [Antoine Galland]; M. le Baron Silvestre de Sacy
Les Mille Et Une Nuits, Contes Arabes
Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1840. Leather. An illustrated three-volume edition of the Arabian Nights tales, translated into French by Antoine Galland, the first European translator of this classic work. A three-volume set, revised and corrected from the first edition of 1704, uniformly bound in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards and silk moire end papers. All edges gilt.Previous owner's bookplate to the front paste down of volume I.The classic work One Thousand and One Nights, revised and corrected from the first French language edition of 1704, by the orientalist and archaeologist Antoine Galland (1646-1715).Illustrated with an engraved title page, title page vignette, headpieces and tailpieces, and in-text illustrations to each volume. Volume I contains a frontispiece and six plates. Volume II contains six plates. Volume III contains five plates. Collated, complete.Gallad was best known as the first European translator of One Thousand and One Nights, which he called Les mille et une nuits. His version exerted a significant influence on subsequent European literature.Included in this edition is an essay on the text by Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy.Undated, dated from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. Uniformly bound in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. Externally, sound, with marks to the boards. Bumped to the extremities with a little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Horizontal crack to the rear board of volume I. Front hinge starting to volume II but remains firmly held by cords. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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