Apr 12, 2012 - Sale 2275

Sale 2275 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 1,080
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(ARABIAN NIGHTS.) Lane, Edward William, translator. The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called . . . the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. A New Translation from the Arabic. Engraved additional titles and numerous text illustrations after William Harvey. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt-pictorial black morocco, joints rubbed, small dent at top of Volume 3 spine; contents clean. George Heath Viner armorial bookplates. London: Charles Knight and Co., 1839-41
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first lane edition. "It reigned as the leading English translation of the Nights for decades, and its copious notes are stimulating micro-essays of enduring value" (ODNB).