Persian tales; or, The thousand and one days ...
By: Translated form the last Paris ed., and enriched with elegant cuts ...
Contributors: Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749, tr.
Publisher: Printed for W. Lane
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Thousand and one days; Hazar yek ruz.
Notes: In 4 parts (vol. I, pt. 1-2; vol. II, pt. 3-4) each with special t.-p.
Translated from the French by Ambrose Philips.
Selection of stories translated from "Les mille et un jour. Contes persans, traduits en françois par m. Pétis de la Croix". In the preface to the original edition (Paris, 1710-1712) Pétis de la Croix claims that the tales were translated form a manuscript copy of a Persian collection entitled "Hezaryek-Rous" (Hazar yek ruz, the thousand and one days)
cf. Chauvin, Bibl. des ouvr. arabes, t. IV (1900) p. 123-132