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Galland, M 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 Cut Off Next Morning, To Avenge Himself For The Disloyalty Of His First Sultaness, &c. Containing A Better Account Of The Customs, Manners, And Religion Of The Eastern Nations, Viz. Persians, Tartars, And Indians, Than Is To Be Met With In Any Author Hitherto Published. - Translated Into French From The Arabian MSS. By M. Galland, Of The Royal Academy ; And Now Done Into English From The Last Paris Edition [ volume IV only ]
printed for John Donaldson, Corner of Arundel Street, No 195 in the Strand 1775 14th edition.
Full contemporary calf, VG. 268pp [ A1 removed & last page a contents leaf ] leather rubbed & with a small section on the rear cover where the leather is slightly pitted, internally a nice clean copy, paper a little yellowed. Odd volume of Galland's much reprinted version of the Arabian Nights. Abbé Antoine Galland published his translation in 12 volumes between 1704 - 1717, & it was soon anonymously translated into English, agin in 12 volumes between 1706 - 1717. This odd volume contains the complete stories - Adventures of Caliph Haroun Alraschid - Story of the Blind Man Baba Abdulla - Story of Sidi Nonman - Story of Cogia Hassan Alhabbal - Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves - Story of Ali Cogia A Merchant of Bagdad - Story of the Inchanted [sic] Horse - Story of Prince Ahmed & the Fairy Pari Banou - Story of the Two Sisters who Envied Their Youngest Sister and the completion of the Story of Aladdin.
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60.00 GBP
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