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[Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)

[Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)

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[Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)

by [Salihani, Antun (Anṭūn Ṣāliḥānī)]

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Beirut: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Kāthūlīkīyah lil-Ābāʼ al-Yasūʻīyīn [Catholic Press of the Jesuit Fathers], 1890. First edition of this version of the text. In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5). Unopened. Wrappers slightly dusted, chipped, and creased, vol. 3 spine missing, front upper outer corner torn with loss. Inside clean and firm, in fine condition.. First edition of this version of the text. In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5).



An early edition of the Arabian Nights by the Jesuit printing house in Beirut.



Edited by Antun Salihani, from a different MS version than the earlier - such as the Bulaq and Calcutta -editions. Salihani believed that he "purified and corrected" the text, in fact largely expurgated.

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Title
[Arabian Nights] Alf Layla wa-laylaqad haddaba-hu wa-sahhaha-hu ahad al-aba' al-yasu`iyyin. Four volumes of five (vol. 2-5)
Author
[Salihani, Antun (Anṭūn Ṣāliḥānī)]
Format/Binding
In publisher's wrappers (printed title on front and spine on vol. 3 and 5)
Book Condition
Used - Unopened. Wrappers slightly dusted, chipped, and creased, vol. 3 spine missing, front upper outer corner torn with loss. Inside
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition of this version of the text
Publisher
al-Maṭbaʻah al-Kāthūlīkīyah lil-Ābāʼ al-Yasūʻīyīn [Catholic Press of the Jesuit Fathers]
Place of Publication
Beirut
Date Published
1890
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