The Arabian nights entertainments : containing sixty-five stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first Sultaness : and containing a better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Eastern nations than is to be met with in any edition hitherto published, because the text is one which Sir Richard Burton himself desired to own

Author(s)

• Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
• Torrens, Henry Whitelock
• Lane, Edward William
• Payne, John Howard
• Szyk, Arthur

Bibliographic Information

The Arabian nights entertainments : containing sixty-five stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first Sultaness : and containing a better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Eastern nations than is to be met with in any edition hitherto published, because the text is one which Sir Richard Burton himself desired to own

the definitive and all-inclusive Burton translation, with the addition of the notes upon the text prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from Arabic, notably, Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne ; and it embellished with sixty miniature painting by Arthur Szyk

For the members of the Limited Edition Club, by W.S. Cowell, 1954

• v. 1
• suppl. to v. 1
• v. 2
• suppl. to v. 2

Uniform Title

Arabian nights

Note

v. 1. Containing the 1st 36th entertainments -- suppl. to v. 1. The notes upon the entertainments in the 1st vol. -- v. 2. Containing the 37th to 65th entertainments -- suppl. to v. 2. The notes upon the entertainmnets in the 2nd vol

Includes bibliographical references

Details

• NCID: BA90046738
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ara
• Place of Publication: Ipswich, [Eng.]
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 27 cm
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA00017464