18.5 x 12 cm. Double title page in gold, green, and black, as well as other book design by Marcus Behmer. Approx. 5,000 pages. Original parchment bindings with rich gilt spines, an orientalizing cover vignette, and gilt head edges. One of 100 copies of the deluxe edition on laid paper in gold-embossed parchment bindings. The rarest and most beautiful edition of 1001 Nights, also the first unabridged edition in German. A flawless copy, one of Insel-Verlag's most important publications. - Sarkowski 1718 VA. - Schauer Vol. II, 45-46 with illustrations.