The tales of the genii, or, The delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar / faithfully translated from the Persian manuscript ; and compared with the French and Spanish editions published at Paris and Madrid, by Sir Charles Morell, formerly Ambassador from the British settlements in India to the Great Mogul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morell, Charles, Sir, 1736-1765.

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Tales of the genii

Delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar

Fingerprint:

erce Ifs, y.a- moth (3) 1764 (R) v.1

s.nt ndat d.es "S"i (3) 1764 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXIV [1764]

Notes:

An original work by James Ridley, writing under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell, based on the 'Arabian nights'.

Engraved illustrations.

Cited in:

Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), p. 198

Raven, J. British fiction, 1750-1770, 863

ESTC, T70073

OCLC:

3590362