1886 Arabian 1001 Nights Illustrated Ali Baba Aladdin Burton Arab Erotica 6v

1886 Arabian 1001 Nights Illustrated Ali Baba Aladdin Burton Arab Erotica 6v

“A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance.”

– The Arabian Nights

During the Golden Age of Islam in South and West Asia, a collection of tales and stories was gathered and called “Osne Thousand and One Arabian Nights”. It was first translated into French by Antoine Galland in 1704-17 and helped establish a positive attitude toward Islam in the Western world. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. The stories told in this collection introduce some of the most well-known characters of literature including Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor.

The famous Richard Burton translation was one of the only unabridged English translations done in the 19^th-century. It gained its popularity through Burton’s use of sexual imagery and his adding extensive and descriptive footnotes about Oriental sexual practices. At the time of publication, there were strict laws on obscenity in written material, and this edition was often considered pornographic. Even though Burton’s language was called ‘archaic’ and ‘over-sexualized,’ it was still popular amongst subscribers and the general public alike.

In 1886, Burton’s wife published an edition of her husband’s “Arabian Nights” – a fine six-volume set!

Item number: #27088

Price: $950

BURTON, Richard Francis

The book of the thousand nights and a night a plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments; translated and annotated

London: Waterlow & Sons, 1886.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
  • Each volume separately paginated
  • Portrait frontispieces in Vols. 1 and 2
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Dudley Hervey
  • Dudley Francis Amelius Hervey CMG (1849–1911) was a British colonial administrative service officer. He held numerous offices and fulfilled a variety of roles, including chief clerk and interpreter to the Lieutenant-Governor of Penang; accompanied HMS Algerine to Sumatra to inquire into various cases of piracy; senior clerk in the Supreme Court, Singapore, clerk in bankruptcy and acting magistrate; Resident Councilor at Malacca; Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Straits Settlements. He was temporarily in charge of the State of Sungei Ujong in 1884 and the Negri Sembilan States from 1883 to 1886, in addition to his duties as Resident Councilor.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Original cream cloth
• Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
• VERY rare and desirable edition with auction records and price comparisons at upwards of $3,000

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