A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night : with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night : with introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights
Volumes of this set are numbered 1-17 on the spines, but volumes 11-17 have title pages bearing the title "Supplemental nights to the book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with notes anthropological and explanatory."
Dates of publication taken from translator's notes (Volume 1, page xxiv and Volume 17, page xiii)
Includes bibliographical references and index in volumes 1-17, plus volume 10 include index to the tales and proper names in the first ten volumes, alphabetical table of the notes in the first ten volumes, and an alphabetical table of first lines; volume 17 also includes index to the tales and proper names in the supplemental volumes, as well as an alphabetical table of the notes in those volumes
"Limited to one thousand numbered sets of which this is number 844"--Title page verso
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2008-06-03 10:20:22
Associated-names
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Supplemental nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night