Novelle persiane divise in mille, ed una giornata, tradotte in francese e dal francese nel volgare italiano. Tomo primo [-quinto].

12mo. 5 parts in 2 vols. 160; 156; 168 pp. 168; 186 pp., plus 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards with giltstamped spine titles. First and only Milan edition of the 'Heyaryek-Rouz' or 'Thousand and One Days', so called to "give the work an air of originality" (Chauvin IV, 124). A Persian manuscript of this work was given to Francois Petit de la Croix in Isfahan in 1675, but enjoyed far fewer editions and translations than the 'Alf layla wa-layla'. As Chauvin notes, it cannot be determined whether the 'Thousand and One Days' or the 'Thousand and One Nights' was composed first; nevertheless, to this day the 'Heyarek-Rouz' is much less well-known to the Western world (IV, 123f.). Chauvin quotes one commentator who declares the Heyarek-Rouz "much more ingenious and more realistic, as it sometimes includes marvels, following the taste of the Oriental". - Slight discoloration and variously browned throughout, overall a good copy. - This edition not in Chauvin.