The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain And Literal Translation Of The Arabian Nights Entertainments Made And Annotated By Richard Burton. Burton, Richard F Fine Bindings And Sets

The Heritage edition of Burton's monumental masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes bound into three, original publisher's half cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards, decorated with illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Each volume is near fine and housed in the publisher's original slipcase. Ownership stamp to the front free endpaper of each volume. The Alf Layla wa-Layla ("One Thousand Nights and a Night") have enchanted readers for centuries with shimmering visions of "a land of fable environment whose deserts and oases, bazaars and slums, jeweled caverns and minaret-topped edifices are immediately recognizable" (Clute & Grant, 51). Esteemed explorer and scholar Richard Burton translated and annotated the Arabian Nights, intending to create "a legacy to his countrymen, of whose imperial mission he was ever mindful, and to perpetuate the fruit of his own oriental experiences" (DNB).