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Burton, Richard F., translator
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7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton — Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights with Notes Anthropological and Explanatory by Richard F. Burton. [London:] Privately Printed by the Burton Club, [ca. 1903]
- leather, ink, paper
16 volumes, 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.; 239 x 160 mm). Title-pages printed in red and black, photogravure frontispieces in 2 states (monochrome and handcolored), photogravure plates with red-captioned tissue-guards. Original red morocco, covers gilt with a large arabesque panel within a triple-fillet border, spines gilt in six compartments, turn-ins gilt with two triple-fillet borders, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut and partially unopened; turn-ins offset to free endpapers, a few extremities rubbed.
Condition
16 volumes, 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.; 239 x 160 mm). Title-pages printed in red and black, photogravure frontispieces in 2 states (monochrome and handcolored), photogravure plates with red-captioned tissue-guards. Original red morocco, covers gilt with a large arabesque panel within a triple-fillet border, spines gilt in six compartments, turn-ins gilt with two triple-fillet borders, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut and partially unopened; turn-ins offset to free endpapers, a few extremities rubbed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The Manuscript Edition, number 32 of 99 sets containing a page of original manuscript by Burton. This set includes a ruled leaf (10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.; 265 x 197 mm) with 24 lines in Burton's autograph, signed in full by him; the leaf is docked on the verso "I want all this. You may stop Robinson Ellis." Ellis was a classical scholar and translator.
"The Manuscript Edition of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of The Arabian Nights is a faithful and complete transcription of the original edition dated Benares 1885" (limitation statement in first volume).