220-B - [Orientalism]. [GALLAND, Antoine].

[Orientalism]. [GALLAND, Antoine]. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Arabian Tales. Lyon: Antoine Briasson, 1705–1717. 12 volumes in small in-12 format (14 x 8.3 cm). Wood-engraved headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. Fauve half-basane with small vellum corners from the early 19th century (ca. 1800), covers of blue paper-on-paste, smooth spine decorated with gilt Greek scrolls, title and volume number labels in fawn and navy sheepskin, gilt title, edges finely speckled with red (binding worn, spine rubbed with scuffs, caps worn down or missing, some joints or covers slightly rubbed or worn, a few small spots of oxidation or scattered marginal stains throughout, the front cover of volume 8 is fragile and the spine of volume 2 is slightly split at the top, a small stain on the title page of volume 10, a few quires trimmed slightly shorter without any loss of text at the top of a few volumes, almost-erased handwritten traces of old Roman numerals indicating the volume number at the top of the spines, a few bibliographic annotations in pencil scattered across a few endpapers; a clipping from an old sales catalog attached to the front endpaper of Volume 1; a few engraved woodcuts or prints). A very rare original Lyon edition of Galland’s *The Thousand and One Nights*. Complete set of 12 volumes in a uniform binding from the very early 19th century. First Lyon edition for volumes I, II, and V through X; second edition of the same for volumes III and IV; and a Lyon counterfeit for volumes XI and XII, all in a uniform binding executed around 1800. The widow Claude Barbin published the first 6 volumes that Galland had translated beginning in 1704; the publishing privilege was shared with Antoine Briasson in Lyon, who published them at the same time. The first Lyon volume differs slightly from the first Paris volume. A fine copy, which has been read but whose interior remains fresh overall. Well-preserved volumes of *The Thousand and One Nights* are particularly rare. Volume 1: In Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1705. (23)-312 pp., with the Epistle to Madame la Marquise d’O (Marie-Anne de La Vergne de Guilleragues, daughter of his protector and patron in the East), a preface, approval, and privilege. Volume 2: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1705. (6)-352 pp. Volume 3: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1709. (13)-324 pp., paginated 322, with no missing text (pagination error on pp. 191–192). Second Lyon edition with a different Briasson printer’s mark. Volume 4: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1709. Indicated as a second edition. (11)-323 pp. Volume 5: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1705. (5)-328 pp. Pages 199–202, 253–258, and 260–266 are missing. Volume 6: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1706. (8)-456 pp. Pagination error on p. 191 with a gap in the signature but no text missing; some foxing in the first quire; very faint water stain on the side. Volume 7: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1706. (7)-376 pp. A printing defect in one corner on p. 257; some foxing in the first quire and a few faint water stains. Volume 8: In Lyon, Antoine Briasson, 1710. (1)-304-(4) pp. Volume 9: In Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1713. (3)-336 pp. Different Briasson printer’s mark. Volume 10: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1713. (2)-327-(3) pp. Volume 11: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1717. (5)-342 pp. Lyon pirated edition with a woodcut vignette on the title page in place of the printer’s mark. Pages 273–278 are missing, and there is a tear with no pages missing on pages 271–272. Volume 12: Lyon, published by Antoine Briasson, 1717. (1)-345-(1) pp. A Lyon pirated edition featuring a woodcut vignette on the title page in place of the printer’s mark. Engraved Briasson typeface mark signed by P. Le Sueur on the title pages of volumes 1–2, 4–8, and 10. The title “Professor & Royal Lecturer in the Arabic Language & Antiquarian to the King” appears beneath Galland’s name in volumes 9 through 12. Provenance: A copy that belonged to the writer, archaeologist, and renowned Orientalist Paul Casanova (Algeria 1861–Egypt 1926). Includes his handwritten ex libris, sometimes dated (1915 to 1918), accompanied by a few brief handwritten annotations regarding the copy on the title pages. A scholar, member of several learned societies, director of the Institute of Oriental Archaeology, and professor at the Collège de France, Casanova was an Arabist and published numerous works. An old bookplate in brown ink, redacted on the title page of Volume 1.