1885 LIMITED EDITION 1001 Arabian Nights Entertainments Sinbad Illustrated Burton Arab Erotica

“A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance.”

– The Arabian Nights

During the Golden Age of Islam in South and West Asia, a collection of tales and stories was gathered and called “One Thousand and One Arabian Nights”. It was first translated into French by Antoine Galland in 1704-17 and helped establish a positive attitude toward Islam in the Western world. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights.

The famous Richard Burton translation was one of the only unabridged English translation done in the 19th-century. It gained its popularity through Burton’s use of sexual imagery and his adding extensive and descriptive footnotes about Oriental sexual practices. At the time of publication, there were strict laws on obscenity in written material, and this edition was often considered pornographic. Even though Burton’s language was called ‘archaic’ and ‘over-sexualized,’ it was still popular amongst subscribers and the general public alike.

This 1885 limited edition was limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 22. These two tomes are bound in exquisite leather binding.

Item number: #2997

Price: $350

PEARSON, John

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the thousand nights and a night

Benares : Kamashastra Society, 1885. Limited edition.

Details:

Collation complete with all pages: volumes 1, 2 (from a larger set that sells for over $10,000 when complete

416p; 431p

Binding: leather; tight and secure

Language: English

Size: ~10in X 6in (25cm x 15cm)

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