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The Arabian nights' entertainments : consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day, and have her put to death next morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness : containing a familiar account of the customs, manners, and religion of the eastern nations, the Tartars, Persians, Indians, &c.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Standardized Title:
- Arabian nights.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Arab countries--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
- Arab countries.
- Arab countries--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Fairy tales--Arab countries.
- Fairy tales.
- Tales--Arab countries.
- Tales.
- Arabs--Folklore.
- Arabs.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Sixth American from the eighteenth English edition / translated from the Arabian manuscripts.
- Manufacture:
- Hartford : Bowles and Francis printers, 1822.
- Other Title:
- Arabian nights' entertainments : consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day, and have her put to death next morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness : containing a familiar account of the customs, manners, and religion of the eastern nations, the Tartars, Persians, Indians, etc.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1822]
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the Arabic.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Half-title: Arabian nights entertainments. A new translation complete in two volumes. Vol. I[-II]. Hartford. 1822.
- "In two volumes" -- cover.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Local Notes:
- American Antiquarian Society copy has a children's drawing. Inscribed: For my dear Benjamin, Sept. 1824.
- OCLC:
- 937016949
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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