The thousand and one nights (Alf layla wa-layla) : from the earliest known sources

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The thousand and one nights (Alf layla wa-layla) : from the earliest known sources

by Muhsin S. Mahdi

Brill, c2014

  • : set
  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk

Other Title

كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة : من أصوله العربية الأولى

Uniform Title

Arabian nights

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Note

"حققه وقدم له علق عليه محسن مهدي"--Added t.p

"The thousand and one nights were originally published in 3 hardback by Brill in 1984 (vols. 1 and 2, ISBN 9004074287) and 1994 (vol. 3, ISBN 9004101063)" -- t.p.verso

"The classic edition (1984-1994)" --t.p.

Contents: v. 1. Introduction by Aboubakr Chraïbi. Arabic text -- v. 2. Critical apparatus. Description of manuscripts. Index. Errata by Ibrahim Akel

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a paperback reprint in two volumes of the late Muhsin Mahdi's classic edition of the oldest preserved manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights kept in the BNF, Paris. It includes the original survey (in Arabic) of both the print and manuscript traditions of The Thousand and One Nights, with extensive notes and four appendices.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB15896510
  • ISBN
    • 9789004256491
    • 9789004257108
    • 9789004257115
  • LCCN
    2014935069
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    araeng
  • Place of Publication
    Leiden
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Uniform Title ID
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