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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entituled The book of the thousand nights and a night

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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10 volumes : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index in each volume plus volume 10 includes index to the tales in the ten volumes, alphabetical table of the notes, alphabetical table of first lines Date of publication taken from translator's note and terminal essay "Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is number ___" Followed by: Supplemental nights to the book of the thousand nights and a night

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and “Legends” in the subject metadata.

    • “Legends”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· in description
    • “Folklore”· in subject
    • “Legends”· in subject

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1886-01-01T00:00:00Z[Place of publication not identified] : Printed by the Burton Club for private subscribers onlyEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: scribe6.la.archive.org
Catalog id
internet-archive:plainliteraltran10burt
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