The first number, dated 1 December 1824, opens with The Editors to the Reader, in which Watts's three personae introduce themselves as sisters. They are very literary personifications, who possess, respectively, the actual spear...
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January 1704: Volume one of Antoine Galland's Les mille...
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January 1704
Volume one of Antoine Galland
's Les mille et une nuit, was published at Paris; the first English version appeared in 1706, as Arabian Nights Entertainments: later usually Arabian Nights.
Mack, Robert L., editor. Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. Oxford University Press, 1998.
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1706: Arabian Nights Entertainments first appeared...
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1706
Arabian Nights Entertainments first appeared in English, translated from Les mille et une nuit: contes arabes by Antoine Galland
, itself a translation from Persian.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
1839-41: The standard translation of the Arabian Nights,...
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1839-41
The standard translation of the Arabian Nights, made by Edward William Lane
and issued in instalments, appeared in three massive volumes.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
