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The book of the thousand nights and a night

Title
The book of the thousand nights and a night / translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R.F. Burton ; reprinted from the original edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers.
Publication
London : H.S. Nichols & Co., 1894.

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v.12TextUse in library 2263.2894 v.12Off-site
v.6TextUse in library 2263.2894 v.6Off-site
v.4TextUse in library 2263.2894 v.4Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Smithers, Leonard C. (Leonard Charles), 1861-1907
  • Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Description
12 volumes : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations; 26 cm
Uniform Title
Arabian nights. English.
Alternative Title
  • Arabian nights' entertainments
  • Arabian nights
Subject
  • Fairy tales
  • fairy tales
  • Arabic fiction
Genre/Form
  • fairy tales.
  • Fairy tales.
  • Contes de fées.
Note
  • Library edition.
  • Volumes 8,9,10 and 12 have added title-page of another editíon: Benares, Kamashastra society for private subscribers only, v. 10, 1, 3, and of Supplemental nights.
Contents
v. 8. 170, Ma'aruf the cobbler and his wife Fatimah ; Conclusion ; Terminal essay ; Appendix I ; Apprendix II -- v. 9. Breslau text, Supplemental nights to the book of the Thousand nights and a night -- v. 10-11. "Galland" text ; "Wortley-Montague" text -- v. 12. "Chavis and Cazotte" text ; [Biography] ; Appendix I ; Appendix II.
OCLC
  • ocm01969936
  • 1969936
  • SCSB-880001
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library