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BURTON, Sir Richard F.

The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night [with] the Supplemental Nights.

Stock Code
106527
[N.p.], Privately printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, 1903
£3,750

Limited edition of Richard Burton's magnum opus. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a special study of, adding extensive footnotes and appendices on 'Oriental' sexual mores) and to the strict Victorian laws on obscene material, his translation was printed privately for subscribers only, rather than published in the usual manner. It is still regarded as the definitive translation, which Burton worked on for over 25 years.

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Illustrated Benares edition, number 12 of 1000 sets; 17 vols, 8vo, (24.7 x 16.5 cm); numerous photogravure plates from etchings, drawings and paintings, with tissue-guards, titles in red and black, marbled endpapers, endpapers a little toned; contemporary half blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spines, spines faded, top edges gilt, others uncut, boards slightly marked, corners a little rubbed, overall a very good set.

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