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The Arabian nights entertainments. : A new translation. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-III].

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Available online

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Format:
Book
Contributor:
Forster, Edward, 1769-1828.
Galland, Antoine, 1646-1715.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illustrator.
Kearny, Francis, 1785-1837, engraver.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33876.
Standardized Title:
Arabian nights. English.
Language:
Arabic
English
French
Subjects (All):
Children's stories.
Muslims--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Juvenile fiction.
Christians--Juvenile fiction.
Merchants--Juvenile fiction.
Sailors--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers.
Jinn--Juvenile fiction.
Jinn.
Sailors.
Merchants.
Christians.
Muslims.
Iran--Juvenile fiction.
Iran.
Genre:
Juvenile literature -- 1815.
Fairy tales -- 1815.
Fiction.
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; 15 cm
Place of Publication:
New-York: : Published by David Huntington, no. 39 Water-Street., 1815.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Translation by Edward Forster of the French version by Antoine Galland.
Vol. 2 and 3 have imprint: New-York: Published by David Huntington. Fanshaw & Clayton, printers. 1815.
Vol. 1: 27, [2], 38-296 [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 264 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 254, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Last page of v. 3 blank.
Metal-engraved plates. Frontispiece, v. 1, signed: R. Smirke R.A. pinxit F. Kearny sc.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33876).
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