THE HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS OR THE STORY OF THE FORTY MORNS AND EVES. Written in Turkish

by Sheykh-Zada. Done into English by E. J. W. Gibb by E. J. W. Gibb

$450 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: George Redway, 1886. Octavo, pp. i-vii viii-xxii xxiii xxiv-xl 1 2-420, three-quarter brown leather and pebbled cloth, all panels tooled in gold t.e.g., ribbon marker. First edition of this translation. First complete translation into English, providing 112 tales the eighty originals, plus variants . These may be tales translated into French by Francois Petis de la Croix and added to the eighth volume of

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