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 published.
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
Montrose
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3182020
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. ;. 12mo. Provenance: contemporary inscription on title page: 'Tho: Grimshawe" [unidentified; probably from Lancashire]. Late nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'Frederick Lees of Lees, Lancashire'. Binding: late eighteenth-century mottled sheep; recessed cords; gilt-lettered on green spine label 'Arabian nights'
Makers and roles
Antoine Galland (1646-1715)