Tales From the Arabian Nights (Franklin Library 100 Greatest books of all time 1977)

Tales From the Arabian Nights (Franklin Library 100 Greatest books of all time 1977)

Richard F. Burton

The Arabian Nights opens the hidden door to an Eastern garden of delight. This translation, by Sir Richard Burton, is considered to be the finest and most faithful to the original. The notes about Burton that follow reveal the life of that swashbuckling Victorian scholar to be as intriguing and as bold as that of any of the heroes and adventurers of these captivating tales.

Features:

• Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of all Time Limited Edition
• Publisher Franklin Library, Pennsylvania; 1977
• Leather Hardback with Gilt Page Edges, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmark, 770pp
• With ornamental miniatures by Quentin Fiore.
• Size 225 x 165mm, 1.7kg