The Arabian Nights (5 Volume Set)
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The Arabian Nights (5 Volume Set)
Edward Forster; Antoine Galland; Robert Smirke
London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1802
5 volume set. Octavos, 25 cm. Bound in contemporary smooth calf. Heavily gilt stamped spines. Gilt ruled boards. Volume I lacking spine leather. Most boards detached. All edges gilt. Clean, unmarked pages. From Antoine Galland's "Les mille et une nuits, contes arabes"--Cf. advertisement. Translated by the Reverend Edward Forster. With engravings, from pictures by Robert Smirke, R. A.