One Thousand and One Nights in French, 8 vol.
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ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS IN FRENCH (8). MARDRUS, JOSEPH CHARLES (transl.). Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit. Traduction littérale at complète du dr. J. C. Mardrus. I-VIII. Paris, Eug. Fasquelle, no date (c. 1920).
4to. 332 x 265 mm. (4), 395, (1), (4), 347, (1), (4), 339, (1), (4), 315, (1), (4), 355, (1), (4), 371, (1), (4), 371, (1), (4), 347, (17) pp. 156 chromotype plates. Text within ornate borders in alternating colours. Somewhat worn publisher´s red half calf with spine ornaments in gold, silver and blue, top edges gilt. Christmas presentation in first volume. 8 volumes.
Profusely illustrated edition with colour facsimile plates after old Persian and Hindu miniatures, illluminations etc. Joseph Charles Mardrus (1868-1949), French physician and translator. His translation of the Thousand and One Nights was first published in 1898-1904. It is not wholly authentic since he complemented it with material of his own invention, which he claimed came from a previously unknown Tunisian text (which noone elese ever got to see).
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Auktionsnummer:
650073
Datum:
2019-06-01