Descrizione

12mo. 4 vols. 360 pp. 352 pp. 338 pp. 434 pp. With 4 wood-engraved frontispieces. Contemporary half calf with giltstamped spine titles. Scarce illustrated edition of a classic, testifying to the great popularity which the "Thousand and One Nights" enjoyed throughout the 19th century, also in Milan. In his introductory letter to the reader, the publisher notes, "I shall not mention the faults of the competing editions, lest I hear, and perhaps justifiably so, the words 'qui sine peccato' whispered in my ear, but I do hope that the care taken with the present one will render it not unworthy of the public to whom it is hereby recommended'. - Only three copies traced in Italian libraries. - Occasional browning to interior as expected. Very prettily bound. - Contemporary, rubbed handwritten ownership "Fortini Edoardo" to pastedown of vol. 2. - Not in Chauvin.