Arabian nights entertainments. Consisting of one thousand and one stories: told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a Bloody Vow he had made, to marry a Lady every Day, and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the Disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better Account of the Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians, and Indians, than is to be met with in any Author hitherto publish'd. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss, by M. Galland, of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
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Arabian nights. English.
Publication/Creation
London : printed for W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, W. Chetwood at Cato's Head in Russel-Street, and S. Chapman at the Angel in the Pall Mall, 1721-22.
Physical description
2v. ; 120.
References note
ESTC T68146
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.