Author: [ALF LAYLA WA-LAYLA - ITALIAN].
Title: Le mille e una notte. Novelle arabe. Versione italiana nuovamente emendata e corredata di note. Vol. primo [-quarto]. Milan, Libreria Editrice Oliva, 1867. 4 volumes. 12mo. With a wood engraved frontispiece in each volume. Contemporary half calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine.
Description: 360; 352; 338; 434 pp.Scarce illustrated edition of a classic, testifying to the great popularity which the Thousand and one nights enjoyed throughout the 19th century, also in Milan. In his introductory letter to the reader, the publisher notes, “I shall not mention the faults of the competing editions, lest I hear, and perhaps justifiably so, the words ‘qui sine peccato’ whispered in my ear, but I do hope that the care taken with the present one will render it not unworthy of the public to whom it is hereby recommended".Only three copies traced in Italian libraries.With a contemporary, rubbed handwritten ownership in scription (“Fortini Edoardo”) on the pastedown of vol. 2. Occasional browning to interior as expected. Otherwise in good condition.l OPAC SBN ITICCUTO01223198 (3 copies, incl. 2 incomplete); WorldCat 875083401 (1 copy); cf. not in Chauvin.

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