a partial set of The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night by John Payne, eight volumes (from a total of nine), limited edition, one of 500 copies, London: Villon Society, 1882; Tales from the Arabic by John Payne, three volumes (complete), limited edition, 1884; Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp by John Payne, one volume (complete), 1889; and The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris by John Payne, one volume (complete), limited edition, 1892; all bound in matching gilt-decorated and lettered full vellum, teg.; 13 volumes, total
Condition
armorial bookplates on the front pastedowns of each volume, vellum slightly soiled, wear at the extremities, small splits in vellum