The Thousands and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian nights’ entertainments. A new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes. By Edward William Lane [...]. Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood from original designs by William Harvey.

3 vol., 8vo (inner joints strengthened, a few stains and traces of use, some minor marg. paper flaws, vol. II : tear repaired p. 213, marg. tear p. 537, p. 621 part. brown.).

Cont. half calf, blind-tooled spines on 5 raised bands, sp. edges (sl. rubbed and scratched, upper joint of vol. I split. on 4 cm, corners sl. rubbed and rounded).

1st translation of this classic by the British pioneer Orientalist, translator and lexicographer William Lane (1801-1876). Ill. in 1st and good impression with 3 engr. title pages and num. woodcuts in text. Legends added to the woodcuts according to the list of illustration, etc. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prov. James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), British poet, critic, essayist and close friend of Byron, Keats and Shelley, with his name inscribed on each title page and autogr. notes (more frequent in vol. I, decreasing in vol. II & III): underlinings in the text, marg. lines, more or less substantial marginal notes (with i.a. p. 2, vol. I : “Rejoicing to have occasion to read this beautiful work again, especially under such a new and complete aspect, I began it on my birthday the 19th of October, 1838, the day it was given me by my dear son Henry”).