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The Arabian nights entertainments : A new translation. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-III].

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew-York : Published by David Huntington, no. 39 Water-Street, 1815.
Description4 volumes : illustrations ; 15 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Children's stories.
Muslims--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Juvenile fiction.
Christians--Juvenile fiction.
Merchants--Juvenile fiction.
Sailors--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
Jinn--Juvenile fiction.
Iran--Juvenile fiction.
Other author/creatorForster, Edward, 1769-1828.
Other author/creatorGalland, Antoine, 1646-1715.
Other author/creatorSmirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illustrator.
Other author/creatorKearny, Francis, 1785-1837, engraver.
Uniform titleArabian nights.
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 33876. ^A575643
General noteTranslation by Edward Forster of the French version by Antoine Galland.
General noteVol. 2 and 3 have imprint: New-York: Published by David Huntington. Fanshaw & Clayton, printers. 1815.
General noteVol. 1: 27, [2], 38-296 [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 264 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 254, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Last page of v. 3 blank.
General noteMetal-engraved plates. Frontispiece, v. 1, signed: R. Smirke R.A. pinxit F. Kearny sc.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 33876
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 33876).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1815.
Genre/formFairy tales 1815.

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