Arabian Nights entertainments: consisting of One Thousand and One stories.
[ARABIAN NIGHTS]
From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 15 July 2015
From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 July 2015
About this Item
In four volumes. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, ruled in gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed, marked, and wormed. Armorial bookplates of Revd. Gervais Powell to FEPs, very occasional light spotting. An early English edition based on Antoine Galland's (1646-1715) imprecise but nonetheless highly influential French translation. Even before the appearance of the last of Galland's 12 volumes (initially published between 1704 and 1717), extracts had been translated into English and were circulating on the market in chap-book form. Galland's translation greatly informed the image that contemporary enlightened Europeans had of the Islamic East. It's remarkable success encouraged a wave of imitations and contributed significantly to the rise of Romanticism. This anonymous English translation, made between 1706-17, held the field until Edward Lane's important, though expurgated, edition of 1840. ESTC N29716. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # AQ28435
Bibliographic Details
Title: Arabian Nights entertainments: consisting of...
Publisher: Printed for T. Longman, London
Publication Date: 1772
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Thirteenth edition.
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