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. Vol. IX. [-X.].
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142007.5
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. IX-X. 12mo.. Bound in one volume. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; double gilt fillet border; five raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Arabian Nights".
Makers and roles
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)