Joseph-Charles MARDRUS. Le Livre des Mille nuits et une nuit - Lot 166

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Joseph-Charles MARDRUS. Le Livre des Mille nuits et une nuit - Lot 166
Joseph-Charles MARDRUS. Le Livre des Mille nuits et une nuit. Paris, Piazza, 1926-1932. 12 volumes in-4, midnight-blue half-chagrin with corners, boards decorated with gilded dotted fillets, smooth spines nicely decorated with a mosaic of Arabic decoration in various colors, gilded heads, cover and spine (period binding). Monod, II-8163 /// I. (3f.)-199-(2f.)-12pl. / II. (2f.)-181-(1f.)-12pl. / III. (2f.)-269-(1f.)-12pl. / IV. (2f.)-251-(1f.)-12pl. / V. (2f.)-263-(1f.)-12pl. / VI. (2f.)-269-(1f.)-12pl. / VII. (2f.)-293-(1f.)-12pl. / VIII. (2f.)-295-(1f.)-12pl. / IX. (2f.)-239-(1f.)-10pl. / X. (2f.)-227-(1f.)-12pl. / XI. (2f.)-201-(1f.)-12pl. / XII. (2f.)-243-(1f.)-14pl. Magnificent edition translated from the Arabic text by Dr. Mardrus, containing 144 gold and colored plates by Léon Carré and 85 gold and colored decorative compositions, chapter-heads and initials in 2 tones by Racim Mohammed. Edition of 2,500 copies, this one of 250 on Japon impérial with a black suite (justification numbers differ).
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