[CLOUSTON, W. A. (ed.)]. The Book of Sindibād; or the Story of the King, his son, the Damsel, and the Seven Vazīrs [from the Persian and Arabic]. Anon [Glasgow]: Privately Printed, MDCCCLXXXIV [1884].
Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Leather-bound. Octavo (195 x 130 mm), pp. [lvi], 385. Text in English; translated from the original Persian and Arabic. Finely bound in brown half calf, signed by Bayntun of Bath, England. Five raised spine bands, the compartments and bands gilt ruled, tooled and lettered, morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. With introduction, notes, appendix, and a folding comparative table of the tales in eastern texts. Printed in Glasgow by James Cameron. Contents: An introductory account of the structure of the Book of Sindibad, and the probable sources of the several Eastern versions; to which is prefixed a comparative table of the tales in this group. -- An epitome, by Forbes Falconer, of a Persian text, entitled Sindibad Nama. -- An Arabian version of the Seven Vazirs, tr. by Jonathan Scott. -- An appendix, which contains variants of the tales in both these texts. -- Index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding secure the hinges well preserved. Minor rubbing to head of spine, the covers otherwise excellent. Toning to endpapers, some faint intermittent brown spots, the contents otherwise fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce.
