The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

Overview:

  • Title: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
  • Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • Year: 1885
  • Publisher: Kamashastra Society
  • Price: 210/-
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
  • Notes:
    • 10 volumes of the Arabian Nights, Benares edition. There were 6 additional volumes listed as "Supplemental Nights", published following the Arabian Nights, and presumably to the same subscribers, but listed by us separately.
    • The price was 1 guinea per volume, i.e. 21 shillings. The price listed above is for the full 10 volumes, without conversion to pounds.
    • "Limited to one thousand numbered sets." At head of title: "A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments."
    • "From the more than 30,000 prospectuses sent, 2,000 orders were received for the first 10 volumes at one guinea per volume. The edition was, however, kept at 1,000 sets." (Christie's)
    • Publisher as "By the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only", but also listed by some libraries as by "The Burton Club".
    • Data from WorldCat, from Heritage Auctions, and from Christie's Auction House.