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GALLAND, Les Mille et une nuits, 1774
GALLAND, Antoine.
Les Mille et une nuits, contes arabes.
Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1774.
Six volumes 12mo (165x95 mm), xvi-350 pages / xii-358 pages / viii-419 pages / (4)-369 pages / (4)-416 pages / (4)-382-(2) pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt flat spines. Caps and corners worn. Binding rubbed.
Between 1704 and 1717, Antoine Galland translated three Arabic manuscripts from Aleppo, creating the first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. He thus brought the Orient into Western popular culture through the characters of Ali Baba, Scheherazade, Sinbad the Sailor, and more.
Price : 900 €
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