Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Tales from the Arabic; Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp

Title: Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night; Tales from the Arabic; Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp

Author: Payne, John, trans.

Publication: London: Printed for subscribers only, 1884.

Description: Rare complete set of John Payne's translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night" (9 volumes, 1884), "Tales from the Arabic" (3 volumes, 1884), and "Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp" (1 volume, 1889). 13 volumes in all, bound in full parchment with gilt lettering and decoration; text with top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed, on laid paper. Most bindings with moderate edgewear and soiling, offsetting to endpapers, and a few pencil markings; one volume with significant spotting to the front cover and another with the parchment lifting from the spine. Octavo; 9.25 x 6 inches; 21 inches of shelf space. Good+. A rare complete set, worn, but presentable, with generally clean text.