304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1995. Published a few years after the author’s death this text offers explanatory notes for his translation of The Thousand and One Nights. The editor Lane had utilized as the main basis for this the Arabic text printed at the press of Biilaq in the suburbs of Cairo established by the Pasha Muhammad 'Ali, but had enriched it by a copious commentary. Since the stories making up... Read more
Author Edward William Lane, Edited by Stanley Lane-Poole

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Author Edward William Lane, Edited by Stanley Lane-Poole