Author: [THOUSAND AND ONE DAYS - ITALIAN].
Title: Novelle persiane divise in mille, ed una giornata, tradotte in francese e dal francese nel volgare italiano. Tomo primo [-quinto]. Milan, Pietro Agnelli, 1815. 5 volumes bound as 2. 12mo. With a small woodcut vignette on each title page. Contemporary half beige cloth, marbled paper sides, with the title lettered in gold on the spine.
Description: 160; 156; 168; 168; 186, [2] pp.First and only Milan edition of the Heyaryek-Rouz or Thousand and one days, so called to “give the work an air of originality” (Chauvin IV, 124). A Persian manuscript of this work was given to Francois Petit de la Croix in Isfahan in 1675, but enjoyed far fewer editions and translations than the Alf layla wa-layla. As Chauvin notes, it cannot be determined whether the Thousand and one days or the Thousand and one nights was composed first; nevertheless, to this day the Heyarek-Rouz is much less well-known to the Western world (IV, 123f.). Chauvin quotes one commentator who declares the Heyarek-Rouz “much more ingenious and more realistic, as it sometimes includes marvels, following the taste of the Oriental”.The bindings show signs of wear, some occasional browning and foxing. Otherwise in good condition.l OPAC SBN ITICCULO1E019449 (4 copies, incl. 1 incomplete); WorldCat 799553244 (1 copy); cf. this edition not in Chauvin.

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