Beautifully printed edition by Didot, richly illustrated of the Arabian Nights.<\/p>\n
Complete copy, with its 21 plates called for, engraved by Bacquoy, Delvaux, Derly, Fauchery, Godefroy, Koenig, Lecomte, Lejeune, Massard, Pfitzer, Rouargue and Ruhierre after drawings by Chasselat.<\/p>\n
The last volume states that "all the tales that make up this seventh volume are newly translated. Most of them had never been published in any edition of the Arabian Nights. Several of these new tales, extracted in part from manuscripts which we owe to the kindness of the late respectable M. Langlès, appear for the first time in any European language".<\/p>\n
Exceptional copy, well preserved in its contemporary and signed binding.<\/p>\n
Volume III, quire printed in disorder and with one corner torn (not touching text), small scratch to cover of volume I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7 volumes 8vo (205 x 123 mm) XXXII, 404 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume I; 2 nn.ll., 427 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume II; 2 nn.ll., 468 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 467 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume IV; 2 nn.ll., 436 pp., 3 engraved plates for planches for volume V; VII, 425 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume VI; 2 nn.ll., 407 pp., 3 engraved plates for volume VII. Contemporary light green polished diced calf, flat spines gilt, title and lettering labels in black morocco, marbled edges (signed Joyal<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":73933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[598,1254],"class_list":{"0":"post-73944","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-19th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-arabic","9":"pa_auteur-edouard-editeur-gauttier-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n