The Arabian nights' entertainments, or, The book of a thousand nights and a night : a selection of the most famous and representative of these tales from the plain and literal translations / by Richard F. Burton ; the stories have been chosen and arranged by Bennett A. Cerf and are printed complete and unabridged with many of Burton's notes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Arabian nights. Selections. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Arab countries.

Folklore.

Arab countries.

Genre:

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xiv, 931 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

[Modern Library edition].

Other Title:

Arabian nights' entertainments

Book of a thousand nights and a night

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, [1997]

Summary:

Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. "A book that captivates in childhood and still delights in old age", said Robert Louis Stevenson.

Notes:

"Illustrated endpapers.

"1997 Modern Library Edition."

"The principal text of this Modern Library edition was set in a digitized version of Bembo, a typeface based on an old-style Roman face that was used for Cardinal Bembo's tract 'De Aetna' in 1495."

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0679602356 :

9780679602354

OCLC:

54928295