THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS VOLUME II.
Richard Francis Burton translation
BY
RICHARD F. BURTON
PRINTED BY THE BURTON CLUB FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
Shammar Edition
Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is
Number 547
Printed in U. S. A.
To JOHN PAYNE, Esq.
ETC. ETC. ETC.
My dear Sir,
Allow me, thus publicly to express my admiration of your magnum opus, "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night;" and to offer you my cordial thanks for honouring me with the dedication of that scholar-like and admirable version.
Ever yours sincerely,
RICHARD F. BURTON.
Queen's College, Oxford
August 1, 1885.