The book of the thousand nights and one night : now first completely done into English prose and verse / from the original Arabic, by John Payne ...

Uniform Title: Arabian nights
Published: London : Printed for the Villon society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1882-1884.
Physical Description: 9 v. ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Payne, John, 1842-1916 and Villon Society, London

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Note: Half-title in Arabic.
"The book of the thousand nights and one night: its history and character": v.9. p. [261]-392.
Index to tales in v. p, p. [243]-260.
Based on Sir William Macnaghten's edition of the Arabic text (Calcutta, W. Thacker and co.; [etc., etc.] 1839-42) cf. v. 1, p. [vi]-viii.
No.139 of 500 copies printed.
Originally published in an edition limited to 500 copies (London, Printed for the Villon society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1882-84) cf. Church, E.D. Catalogue; Brit. mus. Catalogue of Arabic books.

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