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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised Throughout and Annotated by James Mason. With numerous illustrations..
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised Throughout and Annotated by James Mason. With numerous illustrations..
  • The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised Throughout and Annotated by James Mason. With numerous illustrations..
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised Throughout and Annotated by James Mason. With numerous illustrations.

Mason, James · London, Paris & New York

Author
Mason, James
Date
c.1875
Place
London, Paris & New York
Publisher
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Language
English
Binding
4to. Green cloth with gilt accented spine
Format
Profusely illustrated with engravings by many artists including Gustave Doré. A collection of the classic Middle Eastern folktales from the One Thousand and One Nights story. The main frame story concerns Schahzenanr, a Sasanian king, shocked to learn that his brother's wife is unfaithful. Discovering that his own wife's infidelity has been even more flagrant, he has her killed. In his bitterness and grief, he decides that all women are the same. Schahzenan begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning, before she has a chance to dishonor him. Eventually the Vizier, whose duty it is to provide them, cannot find any more virgins. Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter, offers herself as the next bride and her father reluctantly agrees. On the night of their marriage, Scheherazade begins to tell the king a tale, but does not end it. The king, curious about how the story ends, is thus forced to postpone her execution in order to hear the conclusion. The next night, as soon as she finishes the tale, she begins another one, and the king, eager to hear the conclusion of that tale as well, postpones her execution once again. This goes on for one thousand and one nights, hence the name. The tales vary widely: they include historical tales, love stories, tragedies, comedies, poems, burlesques, and various forms of erotica. Some of the more popular stories include Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, and the Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor.
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.4340

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Revised Throughout and Annotated by James Mason. With numerous illustrations.

Author: Mason, James

4to.(7.25" x 10.125')c1875. Mason, James. London, Paris, New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Full green cloth. Spine with gilt title and two sets of gilt rule (see pic). Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with minor loss. Covers slightly stained (see pic). Bottom of pgs. 521-565 chipped, bumped and torn, affecting some text and plates (see pic). Early paper repairs to fore-edges of title page, table of contents, preface, and pgs. 1,2. Pg 765/766 with missing piece along bottom corner, not affecting text. Several pages with closed tears to edges, some tape repairs (see pic). Engraved bookplate of Charles Chauncy Hay to front pastedown.

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