Arabian nights entertainments: . consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, ... Translated into French from the Arabian MSS. by M. Galland, ... and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)
Category
Books
Date
1783
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3092684
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. . 12mo.. Previous shelfmark: Q.d.16-19. Provenance: manuscript inscription in v1, v.3 and v.4: "H. Crewe" [probably Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet (1763-1819), changed his surname to Crewe in 1808]; manuscript inscription in v1, v.3 and v.4: "John H. Crewe" [i.e. Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full marbled leather binding; spine gilt decorated and red spine label.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)