The arabian nights entertainments. Consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from a cruel Vow he had made, to marry a Lady every Day, and have her put to Death next Morning, to avenge himself for the Disloyalty of his first Sultaness. Containing A familiar Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations, the Tartars, Persians, and Indians, &c. Freely transcribed from the original translation. ...

Date:

MDCCXCII. [1792]