Arabian tales : or, A continuation of the Arabian nights entertainments : consisting of stories related by the Sultana of the Indies to divert her husband from the performance of a rash vow : exhibiting a most interesting view of the religion, laws, manners, customs, arts and literature of the nations of the East and affording a rich fund of the most pleasing amusement, which fictitious writings can supply : in four volumes.
Denis Chavis
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3220140
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates :. ill.; 12mo. (17cm). Imperfect: vol. 3 only. Formerly shelved with other volumes in the set. Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled sheep, sewn on 2 recessed cords. Maroon leather spine label, lettered in gilt "Arabian Tales" with vol. number direct on spine. Split joints; upper board loose.
Makers and roles
Denis Chavis, editor Jacues Cazotte (1719-1792), editor Robert Heron (1764-1807), editor