Arabian nights entertainments. . Consisting of one thousand and one stories. Told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day, and have her cut off next morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing a better account of the customs, manners, and religion, of the eastern nations, viz. Tartars, Persians, and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto publish'd. Translated into French from the Arabian MSS, by M. Galland, of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition.
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 3075181
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 12mo.. With additional collective title page, apparently not reported in ESTC 'Arabian nights entertainments complete. In twelve parts. ... the fifth edition... 1726'. In pencil on pastedown (shelfmark?) 3/10.. Binding: Eighteenth-century blind-tooled, panelled, sprinkled calf. Spine 'repaired' with clear sticky-backed plastic.
Makers and roles
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)