Le Livre des mille nuits et une nuit

Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, 1911 - 1912. 16 octavo volumes of XXIII + 2 unnumbered leaves + 351 + 370 + 315 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 335 + 297 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 304 + 276 + 349 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 332 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 321 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 346 + 320 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 328 + 2 unnumbered leaves + 334 + 332 + 290 pp.. Half-morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt title and volume numbers. Light rubbing to the bindings and a few abrasions, paper uniformly browned. This translation by Joseph-Charles Mardrus (physician, translator, orientalist), based notably on the Egyptian Boulak edition, is the first French translation to be the most faithful to the original texts.