Richard Burton Arabian Nights Vol I & II Heritage Press Illustrated Valen Angelo

Description: MUST SELL TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW INVENTORY! . Richard Burton translation of the Arabian Nights. Published by the Heritage Press in three hardcover volumes, containing the six volumes of the complete translation. This listing is for the first bound volume, which contains Vol I & II Illustrated Valenti Angelo . . The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Made and Annotated . . by Richard Francis Burton . . Decorated with Illustrations by Valenti Angelo . . The Heritage Press, New York The Special Contents of this edition are copyright, 1934, by the Limited Editions Club, Inc., from whom special permission has been obtained for the production of this reprint. This Listing is for one hardcover book, which contains Volumes I and II of the six volumes of the complete translation. Published by Heritage Press in three hardcover volumes. [The complete set contains the Burton translation with the complete Burton Notes, the terminal essay, a complete index and 1001 decorations by Valenti Angelo] . . Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages. Burton's best-known achievements include: a well-documented journey to Mecca in disguise, at a time when Europeans were forbidden access on pain of death; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after early translations of Antoine Galland's French version); the publication of the Kama Sutra in English; a translation of The Perfumed Garden, the Arab Kama Sutra; and a journey with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is an English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (the “Arabian Nights”) – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th−13th centuries) – by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890). It stood as the only complete translation of the Macnaghten or Calcutta II edition (Egyptian recension) of the "Arabian Nights" until the Malcolm C. and Ursula Lyons translation in 2008. . * The Heritage Press was an imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., from 1937 to 1982. The Heritage Press reprinted classic volumes previously published by the more exclusive Limited Editions Club. Although there were publications exclusive to The Heritage Press. As far as I know, all of the volumes were illustrated. For some titles, there are variants in the printing, e.g., different illustrators. There are generally accepted over 800 Heritage Press publications. In all cases, collectible. . See my listings for additional Heritage Press, Folio Society, and other books with fine bindings. Save on shipping when you purchase multiple items in the same order! Please ask any and all questions prior to purchasing an item or placing a bid on an auction item.

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