May 02, 2005 - Sale 2041

Sale 2041 - Lot 199

Price Realized: $ 172
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
(BIDPAI.) The Anvár-i Suhailí or, The Lights of Canopus; being, The Persian version of the Fables of Pilpay; or, the book "Kalílah and Damnah," rendered into Persian by Husain Vá'iz u'l-Káshifí: literally translated into Prose and Verse, by Edward B. Eastwick, F.R.S., F.S.A., M.R.A.S. * (ARABIAN NIGHTS.) Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night not occurring in the Other Printed Texts of the Work, now first done into English by John Payne. 3 volumes. Together, 4 volumes. First work large 8vo, in original cloth with short tear at top of front joint and split between 2 gatherings in middle of volume, second work square octavo, in original cloth, soiled, spines darkened. Hertford, 1854; London, 1884