CAYLUS Count Anne-Claude-Philippe de]. Contes orientaux tirés des manuscrits de la bibliothèque du Roy de France.
The Hague, 1743; 2 vols. in-12, contemporary bindings in speckled calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt designs, old red parts.
First edition of these Persian tales in the style of the Thousand and One Nights. It is decorated with 8 anonymous figures engraved on copper. - "Interesting and amusing collection" (Gay, I, 713).
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