ARABIAN NIGHTS Lane Edward William translator The Thousand a

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(ARABIAN NIGHTS.) Lane, Edward William, translator. The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called . . . the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. A New Translation from the Arabic. Engraved additional titles and numerous text illustrations after William Harvey. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, original gilt-pictorial dark green cloth, spines negligibly faded; contents clean. 19th-century bookplates of Samuel R. Block. London: Charles Knight and Co., 1839-41

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first lane edition "It reigned as the leading English translation of the Nights for decades, and its copious notes are stimulating micro-essays of enduring value" (ODNB).