Paris: Earnest Burdin, 1860. Quarto. A new edition, text in French. 1106pp., illustrated with 17 full page gravures and textual illustrations by MM. Francais, H.Baron, Ed. Wattier Laville, and others. revised and corrected from the first edition of 1704, augmented with an essay on the Thousand and One Nights by M. Le Baron Sylvestre de Sacy, bound in publisher's brown pebble grained cloth backed in leather, raised bands, title within one compartment gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, scattered foxing but mostly clean especially the plates. A piece of cloth on rear board has a tear otherwise a very good copy and quite heavy.

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Bookseller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015789
Title: Les Mille et Une Nuits Contes Arabes
Author: Galland, [A]. Translator
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Earnest Burdin
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1860
Keywords: The Arabian Nights De Sacy Illsutrated French

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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