London: Charles Knight & Co., 1839-41. Binding: Publisher’s grey cloth boards in half black morocco. Double blind rules on morocco edges. Spine with 5 slightly-raised bands, decorative gilt rolls, gilt lettering. All edges gilt. 3 volumes in uniform binding., Notes: Small quarto (245x153 mm).
Edward William Lane (1801 – 1876) was a British orientalist, translator, and lexicographer, best known for his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians and his translations of One Thousand and One Nights and Selections from the Ku-ran.

, Size: Small quarto , Illustration: A very good example of this prized Lane translation of the popular tales. This edition prized for its ‘copious notes’ on the tales. With colour-illustrated plates, tipped in, with captions, in addition to many black-and-white in-text illustrations. , Volume: 3 volumes., Category: Book Literature; Book Classics;. Some rubbing to extremities, slight splitting of hinges. Some chipping to spines of vols. 2 and 3. Some toning to interiors, else clean and crisp. Item #B6858

Price: $375.00