Il Pentamerone Of The Tale Of Tales Being A Translation By The Late Sir Richard Burton K C M G Of Il

by Sir Richard Burton Gian Alessio Abbattutis

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First trade edition of Burton's translation. 2 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover and spine, slight fraying to head and foot of spines, else fine. Penzer, pp. 155-56. Item #26938 Published by Lady Burton after Richard Burton's death, this is a translated collection of Neopolitan tales.

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