Description
The complete Samara Edition of The Book Of The Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard F. Burton, complete in 17 volumes, with the supplemental volumes. Bound by “Cross, Binders To The King.”
Quarto, [17 volumes]. Full tan calf, raised bands, title in gilt over red morocco label on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers with gilt turn-ins. Armorial bookplate of Douglas and Mary MacEwen on front pastedown. Notable wear to hinges, with seven reinforced with archival tissue repairs. Binder noted with stamp on second free endpaper.
The Samara Edition is limited to 1000 copies, this being number 88, noted on colophon of each volume.
Previously sold by Christie’s of London, Lot CA396 (2008), with auction tags. Full title: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights.
