43 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done into English Prose and Verse, from the original Arabic, by John Payne, 9 vols.; The Tales from the Arabic; 3 vols.; Persian Letters; Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp, and other stories; A Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour; Tartarian Tales ... Altogether 15 volumes. Limited Edition de luxe, handsome ¾ red morocco, top edges gilt, gilt backs, uncut. Printed for subscribers only. London: 1884. Published at $150.00. $57.50
44 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies, 15 volumes, buckram, London: Privately printed for subscribers, 1884. Bindings worn, otherwise in good condition. $20.00
45 Burton (Richard F.). Translator of the Arabian Nights. Final Writings of, consisting of: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, 2 vols.; A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, with Notices of the so-called "Amazons," The Grand Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present State of the Slave Trade, The Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vols.; First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar, 2 vols.; Vikram and the Vampire or, Tales of Hindu Deviltry. In all 7 volumes. Newly and uniformly bound in a handsome ¾ levant morocco, buckram sides, with original cloth covers bound in, gilt extra, gilt tops. London: Tylston & Edwards, 11893-4. Exceptionally fine set. $75.00
These writings are most essential to the possessor of the "Arabian Nights," as they are virtually a continuation of the author's many travels and studies in Orientalism.
46 Boccaccio's Decameron. Translated from the Italian into English. By John Payne. With 11 original etchings by Leopold Flameng. Unexpurgated Edition. 8vo.; new ¾ red morocco, gilt top and back, 2 vols. bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
46A Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white paper label. $2.25
47 Bibliophilist's Library of Immortal Literature. Illustrated with etchings in two states—i. e., one set on hand-made paper, the other being a set of remarque proofs finely printed on Whatman paper. 10 vols. 8vo.; ¾ crushed maroon morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled backs with blue levant inlays, raised bands in gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Privately printed for subscribers only. $100.00
A limited numbered edition printed on Holland hand-made paper, water-marked especially for this unique issue.
The following titles comprise the work in its entirety: The Heptameron; Decameron of Boccaccio, Rabelais, Confessions of Rousseau, and Persian Letters, each title in two volumes.