The Arabian Nights. Illustrated by Rene Bull. New York: Dood, Mead, [1917]. First Edition Thus. Small folio. Blue green pictorial boards featuring a colour pastedown by Bull, with gilt lettering to upper cover & spine. A fine bright copy.

With tipped-in colour frontispiece and nine tipped-in colour plates by Rene Bull, and a profusion of black & white illustrations all throughout the text.

A beautifully illustrated classic, with the wonderful illustrations of Rene Bull. Among all the early printings this is one of the most difficult of Bull’s books to obtain.

Born in Dublin to a French mother and English father, René Bull (1872-1942) was a illustrator and photographer renowned for his richly detailed and imaginative artwork, especially in illustrated editions of classic literature.