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Mille et une nuits. 3 ouvrages.

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- The Book of a Thousand and One Nights. Complete literal translation of the Arabic text by Dr. J. C. Mardrus. Complete edition in six volumes. Brussels, Editions La Boétie, 1947. 20 x 14 cm, 6 vol. stapled, covers printed in the publisher's hand. Covers somewhat faded. - The Thousand and One Nights. Arabic tales translated by Antoine Galland. Paris, NRF, Gallimard, collection le Rayon d'or, 1979. 28 x 22 cm, 2 vols. bound in the same way, full cloth, illustrated dust jacket and common slipcase. Facsimile of the illustrated edition published in the 19th century with drawings by Foulquier, Worms, Riou, Bertall, Castelli, Gustave Doré... with several colour plates after Persian miniatures. Very good condition. - La Reine de Saba according to the text and translation of Dr. J. C. Mardrus. Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Eugène Fasquelle, 1918. 16,5 x 13 cm, paperback. Cover faded, dusty, small cracks in the spines. Set. 9 vols.