Lot 1267 , Burton, Sir Richard Francis - the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. With introduction explanatory notes of the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights. 10 vols.; togethe

° Burton, Sir Richard Francis - the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. With introduction explanatory notes of the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights. 10 vols.; together with the Supplemental Nights ... with notes anthropological and explanatory, 6 vols. First Editions. frontispieces (patterned design / quotations), titles in red and black; publisher's gold / silver decorated cloth, red tops, black e/ps. Benares: printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only, 1885-88 (16)
£150-200

Condition:
Some rubbing on spine heads / tails and suppl. vols. spines faded,o/w good bindings (suppls. in silver); text clean, but prelims. (incl. titles) and ends (index & e/ps) with soiling (markedly in places). Various loosely inserted flyers - 3pp. Prospectus, The Beharistan, The Lusiads etc. nb. Main work - vols 3 & 4 with the Justice copyright ms. substitution (as noted in Penzer)

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