Burton, Sir Richard. Il Pentamerone; or, the Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overto Lo Cunto di li Cunte, Trattenemiento de li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis) Burton, Sir Richard, translator) Gian Alessio Abbattutis. In Two Volumes. Henry and Co., London, 1893.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original cloth. Two volumes. With multiple stamps of Dover Archives. Spotting to prelims; light cracking to joints. A serviceable set.

Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.

(Burton, Sir Richard, translator) Gian Alessio Abbattutis. Il Pentamerone; of the Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overto Lo Cunto di li Cunte, Trattenemiento de li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis). Henry and Co,, London, 1893.

Price: US$314.40 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First trade edition of Burton's translation. 2 vols.23 cm x 14.5 cm xvi - 282 + vi -362 pages, light spotting to closed page edges.Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Original black cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover and spine. Bindings clean and tight with no splits or staining.Published by Lady Burton after Richard Burton's death, this is a translated collection of Neopolitan tales. Penzer, pp. 155-56.

Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom

Giovanni Battista Basile; Richard F. Burton. Il Pentamerone; or, the Tale of Tales. Henry and Co., London, 1893.

Price: US$378.56 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first trade edition of Richard F. Burton's translation of Giovanni Battista Basile's collection of stories, 'Il Pentamerone', part of a limited edition publication. A collection of Neapolitan fairy tales from the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, originally written and published by Giovanni Battista Basile in 1634 to 1636.The Pentamerone ("Five Days") is an anthology of fairy tales, comprising of fifty fairy tales told by ten narrators in the course of five days. This work follows the steps of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, but it deals with different themes in a different writing style.Translated by Richard F. Burton, noted English writer, explorer, and translator. Among his most well-known translations isThe Arabian Nights.The first trade edition, part of a limited edition publication of only 165 copies, of which this copy is number 94.Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound, with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spines and extremities. Light fading to the cloth at the extremities and spine on Volume I. A small puncture to the cloth on the front joint of Volume II. Small ink initials of a previous owner to the front pastedown of Volume II. Internally, both volumes firmly bound. A few spots to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

BASILE, Giovanni Battista [c1575-1632].. Il Pentamerone; Or, The Tale Of Tales, Being A Translation By The Late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., Of Il Pentamerone; Overo Lo Cunto De Li Cunte, Trattenemiento De Li Peccerille, Of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count Of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis).. London: Henry And Co., 1893., 1893.

Price: US$388.50 + shipping

Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562. with half-titles. original cloth (covers of Vol. I bit spotted & short tear at head of spine repaired, foxing to outer leaves). First Edition of the English Translation by Sir Richard Burton [1821-1890]. Penzer pp. 155-56.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

(Burton, Sir Richard, translator) Gian Alessio Abbattutis. Il Pentamerone; of the Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overto Lo Cunto di li Cunte, Trattenemiento de li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis). Henry and Co, London, 1893.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

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

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

BASILE, Giovanni Battista. Translated By RICHARD BURTON. Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales. Being a Translation By the Late Sir Richard Burton . Overo Lo Cunto De Li Cunte, Trattenemiento De Li Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis). In Two Volumes. Henry & Co., London, 1893.

Price: US$563.68 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 vols., half black calf with elaborate gilt tooled spine and two maroon leather spine labels, inside hinge paper cracked, otherwise tight and sound. Each vol. has a small ink signature on the t.p. and a name with address on front pastedown, otherwise a fine set of the 1st Burton edition. Penzer Bibliography no. 155.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

BURTON, Captain Sir Richard Francis; and ABBATTUTIS, Gian Alessio.. Il Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales (Large Paper edition).. Henry and Co, London, 1893.

Price: US$577.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Large paper edition in 2 volumes - one of 165 copies, this set unnumbered (Penzer pp155-6). The smaller edition had a print run of 1,500. Original gilt-titled black cloth 18 x 26cm. xvi + pp1-282; vi + pp283-562. Edges uncut. Covers very good with bumping and wear to extremities. Bindings secure. Attractive floral design bookplates ("Nina") to front pastedowns. Pages fine with some spotting. Protected in removable glassine wraps.

Seller: Dendera, London, United Kingdom

Burton, Richard F.. IL PENTAMERONE; OR, THE TALE OF TALES [TWO VOLUMES] Being a Translation by the Late Sir Richard Burton of IL Pentamerone; Overo Lo Cunto De LI Cunte, Tratenemiento De LI Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone. Henry and Co., London, 1893.

Price: US$637.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Mild burn mark on top edge of volume II. Moderate rubbing to boards and spine ends with light chips. Outer hinge covering weak. Boards with extremely light bubbling. Endpapers with light foxing. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. A bit of play to the hinges. ; Large, limited edition of 165 copies, this one not numbered. Casada 88 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 562 pages

Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.

BURTON, RICHARD. Il pentamerone; or, the tale of tales . In two volumes. Henry & Co, London, 1893.

Price: US$812.50 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 165 copies on large paper (this, copy 33); 2 volumes, tall 8vo, pp. xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562; original gray cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper covers; spine ends chipped, front hinge of vol. I cracked; all else very good. Penzer, pp. 155-156; Casada 88.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Basile, Giambattista. Sir Richard Francis Burton (translator). Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales (in 2 vols). Henry and Co, London, 1893.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: Two octavo volumes ( 216 x 134 mm). Bound ca. 1920 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for J.W. Robinson Company (stamp-signed in black on verso of front endleaves). Covers triple ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments. Two black morocco labels lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled board edges , decorative gilt turn-ins, navy blue endpapers with gilt 'moon' design, all edges gilt. Small chip on one of the spine labels on volume II. With the original gilt lettered black cloth covers and spines bound in at the end of each volume. Collating Axvi, 282; vi, [283]-562. Housed in the original paper covered cardboard slipcase, matching the endpapers. A near fine example. The Pentameron is "a collection of fifty folk tales modelled on the Decameron and written in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Basile (c. 1575-1632) and first published at Naples in 1637. The stories were supposed to have been told by ten old women during five days, to a Moorish slave who had taken the place of the true princess" (Brewer's Dictionary). Throughout his career as a translator, Burton relished bringing to print works from around the world that contained lusty content and controversial use of language. One of the foremost linguists of his time, Burton was also an outstanding explorer, poet, translator, ethnologist, and archaeologist. Notably, Burton's translation was one of a group of manuscripts that Lady Isabel Burton deemed sufficiently innocuous to escape the notorious burning that she undertook of her husbands writings after his death. Penzer, 155-156.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Basile, Giambattista. Sir Richard Francis Burton (translator). Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales Being a Translation by the Late Sir Richard Burton of IL Pentamerone; Overo Lo Cunto De LI Cunte, Tratenemiento De LI Peccerille, of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count of Torone. Henry and Co, London, 1893.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Editions, First Printings of both books in this two volume complete set. A beautiful copy. The books are in excellent condition and are bound in the publisher's cloth with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A wonderful copy preserved in a custom brown slipcase.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.