The book of the thousand nights and one night
by Payne, John
now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original Arabic, by J. Payne. (Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and one Night, not occurring in the other printed texts of the work.—Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp ; Zein ul Asnam and the King of the Jinn : two stories done into English from the recently discovered Arabic text.).
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The book of the thousand nights and one night: its history and character : an essay
1884, [publisher not identified]
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Half-title in Arabic.
Originnaly published in an edition limited to 500 copies (London, Printed for the Villon society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1882-84) cf. Church, E. D. Catalogue; Brit. mus. Catalogue of Arabic books.
Based on Sir William Macnaghten's edition of the Arabic text (Calcutta, W. Thacker and co.; [etc., etc.] 1839-42) cf. v. 1, p. [vi]-viii.
Index to tales in v. 9.
"The book of the thousand nights and one night: its history and character": v. 9. p. [261]-392.
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