The Arabian nights entertainments
Subtitle: containgi sixty-five stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first Sultaness : and containing a better account of the Eastern nations than is to be met with any edition hitherto published, because the text is one which Sir Richard Burton himself desired to own
By: the definitive and all-inclusive Burton translation ; with the addition of the notes upon the text prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from Arabic, notably: Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne; and it embellished with sixty miniature painting by Arthur Sznk
Publisher: For the members of the Limited Edition Club, by W.S. Cowell
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Ipswich, Eng
Language: eng
Work titles: Arabian nights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.