Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night . . . Into English Prose And Verse . . . By John Payne . . . Nine Volumes. With Tales From The Arabic . . . Three Volumes And Alaeddin And The Enchanted Lamp. 13 Vol. Set. [Aka Arabian Nights' Entertainments.] Payne, John, 1842-1916 (Translator). Fine Binding

COMPLETE THIRTEEN VOLUME SET. All hardcover, H 23.75cm x L 15.5cm, and uniformly bound in cream colored vellum covers with gilt stamping to boards and spines. Boards and spines soiled with small brown stains to a few of the former; most have some wear and/or tear at one of their spine ends. Soiled gilt top edges; deckle fore-edge and bottom edges. Occasional small spots of soiling to interior pages which overall, however, remain quite clean. Bindings are firm. Individually good+ to very good condition. THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT: NOW FIRST COMPLETELY DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE AND VERSE, FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC, BY JOHN PAYNE . . . IN NINE VOLUMES. London: printed for subscribers only, 1884. Prefatory Note in Volume I states "The present is, I believe, the first complete translation of the great Arabic compendium of romantic fiction that has been attempted in any European language, comprising about four times as much matter as that of Galland and three times as much as that of any other translator known to myself." No limitation statement provided in any of the nine volumes. Volume I with slender horizontal tear to vellum at spine center; all nine with strong toning to front and rear free endpapers with light to moderate toning to opposing pastedowns. Half-titles are all in Arabic. TALES FROM THE ARABIC OF THE BRESLAU AND CALCUTTA (1814-18) EDITIONS OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT NOT OCCURRING IN THE OTHER PRINTED TEXTS OF THE WORK, NOW FIRST DONE INTO ENGLISH BY JOHN PAYNE. IN THREE VOLUMES. London: printed for subscribers only, 1884. Volume I has "No. 139" (no further limitation specified) neatly handwritten in dark ink on half-title verso (opposite the title page). Volume I and II have strong toning to front and rear free endpapers with milder toning to pastedowns; light toning to Volume III's endpapers with stain at bottom margin of front free endpaper. English half-titles. ALAEDDIN AND THE ENCHANTED LAMP; ZEIN UL ASNAM AND THE KING OF THE JINN: TWO STORIES DONE INTO ENGLISH FROM THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED ARABIC TEXT BY JOHN PAYNE. London: printed for subscribers only, 1889. No limitation statement; English half-title; light toning to endpapers. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 25 pounds and will require additional postage and insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.