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Arabian Nights

commonly called, in England, The Arabian nights' entertainments. A new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes.

Also known as The thousand and one nights, commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments

by Anonymous & William Harvey Edward William Lane

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: Arabic, English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 3 volumes Added title pages, engraved Includes bibliographical references and index

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folk literature”, “Folklore”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Folk literature” in the subject metadata, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

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    • Folklore· via Open Library
    • Tales· via Open Library
    • Folk literature· in subject
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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments; Translated from ...

1865Chatto & WindusEnglishPublic

The thousand and one nights

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1839C. Knight; London, C. Knight and Co.Arabic, EnglishNo ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • 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.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16708864W
Edition coverage
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