The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Nights - Hardcover

Burton, Richard Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2843237254 ISBN 13: 9782843237256

Publisher: Assouline Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

In the late 1920s, the art publisher H. Piazza produced a twelve-volume version of The 1001 Nights that was one of the most beautiful ever made. It included splendid illustrations by Mohammed Racim and wonderful miniatures by painter Leon Carre. Today, Assouline is publishing an abridged version of this masterpiece, which includes the most famous and most enchanting of the tales, from the story of King Shahryar, to the story of Sinbad the sailor, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, or Aladdin and the magic lamp...all told by the beautiful and sensual Shahrazad. This wonderful book is one of the classics that will stand next to the most handsome books in your library. For The 1001 Nights is a cultural testimony of the past, the source of myths and beliefs of the East. A collection of extraordinary stories from India and Persia passed down orally and told at night in public squares, this unique work is on a par with Homer's Odyssey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Assouline Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 2843237254
• ISBN 13: 9782843237256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 423
• Illustrator: Carre Leon