The Arabian Nights: Tales From the Thousand and One Nights, Detmold, Edward J. (illustrations). Published by The Folio Society, 2001. 4th printing. Small 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 239pp, colour frontis and eleven colour plates by Detmold. White cloth boards with illustration to front and gilt spine titles. Housed in a red slipcase. Reprint of the original English 1924 Hodder and Stoughton edition. In fine, unread condition.
Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) was a renowned illustrator, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape.
