[BINDINGS]. BURTON, Richard Francis (1821-1890). The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. -- Supplemental Nights. [L]: Privately Printed by the Burton Club, [1910]. Blue morocco elaborately gilt. LIMITED EDITION, "Baroda Edition."
16 volumes, 8vo. Numerous illustrations. 20th-century blue morocco elaborately gilt with overall arabesque design, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with a crescent moon motif, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light rubbing, very light chipping to head and tail of a few spines).
LIMITED EDITION, number 112 of 950 copies of the "Baroda Edition."
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night is the only complete English translation of a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales collected by explorer Richard Francis Burton during his travels throughout the Middle East during the late nineteenth century.