A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled The Book of The Thousand Nights and a NightAuthor: Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890)Year: c1905Publisher: The Burton Club for subscribers onlyPlace: London and BostonDescription: 17 volumes with frontispieces, illustrations and indexes. Royal octavo (9 3 4"" x 6 1 2") bound in original publisher's light green cloth with labels to spine. and gilt head end pages with deckled edges. Bassorah edition, number 129 limited to 1000 copies. Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and