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an old book with a drawing of a man and woman in a roomtwo old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean old book with a picture of a woman laying on a bedan old book with a drawing of a woman and a man in a rooman old book with a picture of a man on a horse and a dogan old black and white drawing of a naked woman laying on a bed
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1141 - [RIDLEY (James)]. The Tales of the Genies, or The Charming L…
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[RIDLEY (James)]. The Tales of the Genies, or The Charming Lessons of Horam, Son of Asmar. Translated from Persian into English by Sir Charles Morell, formerly Ambassador of the British Establishments in India to the Court of the Great Mughal. And into French from the English translation. With XIII plates. Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1766. 3 vols. in-12, with 1 frontispiece, XLVIII–283 pp., 4 plates; (4)–335 pp., 4 plates; (4)-331-(5) pp., 4 plates, marbled calfskin, plain spines with decoration, title and volume number labels (contemporary binding). First edition of these tales by Ridley in the spirit of the *One Thousand and One Nights*. One frontispiece and twelve plates as inserts. A few scuffs; traces of glued paper on the half-title page of vol. 1.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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