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1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits
1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits

1890 Rare French Book - One Thousand and One Nights, Les Mille et une Nuits

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$225 USD - $225 USD
$225 USD
$225 USD - $225 USD
$225 USD

Author: Anonymous. Adaptation by Paul de Maurelly. Illustrated by H. Grobet.
Title: Les Mille et Une Nuits. Contes Arabes choisis pour la jeunesse.
Publisher: Paris, Librairie de Théodore Lefèvre et Cie & Émile Guérin, Éditeur, [circa 1890].
Language: Text in French.
Size: 8.5 x 6 inches. 
Pages: 286 pages. 
Binding: Attractive and near fine original publisher’s richly decorated red cloth binding, lavishly gilt and black-stamped on upper cover and spine, featuring an oriental scene with a mounted figure within an elaborate gilt frame. Spine and boards bright and well preserved (hinges fine, a small discreet bump to the upper edge of the binding - as shown) under a protective, removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing and toning to the illustrated plates only, due to the different paper stock used for illustrations, as commonly encountered - as shown, name of a previous owner on the upper margin of the half-title page - as shown). The remainder of the text pages are clean and well preserved. 
Illustrations: Complete with all engraved illustrations by H. Grobet, including the frontispiece. Plates are sharp and well printed, with the expected toning confined to illustration pages only.

Estimate: (USD 250–350)

The book: This beautifully produced French edition of Les Mille et Une Nuits presents the celebrated Eastern tales in an adaptation specially prepared for younger readers, following the tradition of Antoine Galland’s influential translation. Issued by Émile Guérin, a publisher renowned for high-quality illustrated books, the volume stands out for its striking oriental binding and its carefully executed engravings. The visual program by H. Grobet enhances the narrative atmosphere with dramatic and imaginative scenes drawn from the most famous episodes of the collection. A fine and highly decorative example of late nineteenth-century French book production.

The author: The Thousand and One Nights is a collective work of Middle Eastern origin, shaped over centuries through oral and written traditions. Its stories, framed by the legendary figure of Scheherazade, have profoundly influenced Western literature, art, and imagination since their introduction to Europe in the early eighteenth century.

The illustrator: Henri Grobet was a French illustrator active in the second half of the nineteenth century, known for his detailed engravings and narrative compositions. His work on Les Mille et Une Nuits reflects the period’s fascination with Orientalism and demonstrates a strong command of line, atmosphere, and dramatic storytelling.