Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit

Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit (English: The Book of One Thousand and One Nights) is a 12-volume French translation of One Thousand and One Nights by J. C. Mardrus. The volumes, 298×228 mm each,[1] were published in 1926–1932 by the Paris publisher L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza. With Morocco leather covers, the book sides were decorated with a gilt-stamped panel with oriental design different for each volume.[1] The volumes were also decorated with gilt fleurons, triple gilt fillet and blind-stamped filet on the inside, as well as red watered silk endleaves.[1]

Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit
Original titleArabic: كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة (Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah)
TranslatorJ. C. Mardrus
IllustratorLéon Carré
Cover artistMohammed Racim
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherL’Edition d’Art H. Piazza
No. of books12

The volumes feature the illustrations of the French artist Léon Carré and the cover art by Mohammed Racim, with binding work by René Aussourd.[1] Racim spent eight years designing the cover art for the volumes.[1] The volumes also contain the illustrated titles of each tale in Arabic on separate pages, following their French titles.[1] The print run consists of 2,500 numbered copies.[1] Soviet and Russian scholar Isaak Filshtinsky, however, considered Mardrus' translation inferior to others due to presence of chunks of text, which Mardrus conceived himself to satisfy tastes of his time.[2]

References

  1. "The Thousand and One Nights illustrated by L. Carré with oriental design on the covers". Camille Sourget librairie. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 Aug 2014.
  2. Isaak Filshtinsky. О переводах '1001 ночи' (in Russian). Sheherazade.ru. Retrieved 17 Aug 2014.
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