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--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Fairy tales--Arab countries.

Fairy tales.

Arab countries.

Tales--Arab countries.

Tales.

Arabs--Folklore.

Arabs.

Genre:

Folklore.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes).

Edition:

Ninth American from the eighteenth English edition / translated from the Arabian manuscripts.

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:

Philadelphia : J. Harding, 1849.

Language Note:

In English; translated from the Arabic.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"In two volumes" -- cover.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Local Notes:

American Antiquarian Society copy in leather. Bears label of Calvin L. Prouty, Worcester, Mass.

OCLC:

937016945

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.