Shelfmark
CS.1424.05 - CS.1424.07
Main entry--uniform title
Arabian nights. French (Galland)
Title
Les mille et une nuits : contes arabes / traduits par Galland ; revus et corrigée sur l'édition princeps de 1704 ; augmentée d'une dissertation sur les Mille et une nuits, par M. le baron Silvestre de Sacy, pair de France, membre de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Letters, etc.
Edition
Édition illustrée par les meilleurs artistes français et étrangers.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris : Ernest Bourdin et Cie, Éditeurs, 46, rue de Seine-Saint-Germain, [1840?]
Physical description
3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
Text in French, translated from the original Arabic.
Note
With a half-titles.
Note
Each vol. has separate title page and pagination.
Note
Printer statements on half-title versos: vols. 1 and 2 printed by Lacrampe et Cie; vol. 3 by Schneider et Langrand.
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: viii, 482 p., [6] leaves of plates; vol. 2: [6], 573, [3] p., [6] leaves of plates; vol. 3: [6], 482, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates.
Note
Includes "Dissertation sure Les mille et une nuits" by M. le baron Sylvestre de Sacy, (vol.1, p. [i]-viii).
Note
Vignettes on the title pages.
Note
Vol. 1 includes a brown-and-black plate.
Note
Date of publication inferred from bibliographic records in other library catalogues.
Provenance
19th century circular engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Provenance
Booklabel on the front pastedown recording donation by R. H. W. Ingram.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the front pastedown reading "C S 7".
Binding
19th century quarter brown calf binding over marbled boards; four raised bands with gilt fillets and gilt decoration on spine compartments; gilt titling on black leather compartments on spine; brown sprinkled edges; marbled endpapers.
Subject
Folk literature, Arabic.
Subject
Tales Arab countries.
Genre/Form
Folk tales.
Added entry--name
Galland, Antoine, 1646 - 1715 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bourdin, Ernest publisher.
Added entry--name
Ingram, Robert Hugh Wilson former owner.
Added entry--name
Lacrampe et cie printer.
Added entry--name
Schneider et Langrand printer.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre ara
Identifier
B54107