Notes
"In 1811 Scott published the work by which he is chiefly known, his edition of the 'Arabian Nights Entertainment,' in 6 vols., 12mo. Edward Wortley Montagu had brought back from Turkey an approximately complete manuscript of the work (now in the Bodleian) written in 1764. Scott proposed to make a fresh translation from this manuscript, and printed a description of it, together with a table of contents, in Ouseley's 'Oriental Collection.' He abandoned the idea later on, and contented himself with revising Galland's French version (1704-1717), saying that he found it so correct that it would be useless to go over the original afresh. But he prefixed a copious introduction, interspersed with valuable notes illustrative of the manners and customs of the Mohammedans, and added some additional tales from other sources. The work, the earliest effort to render the 'Arabian Nights' into literary English, at once became popular, and was republished in London in 1882, 4 vols. 8vo, and again in 1890, 4 vols. 8vo."
--Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 17, 1909, ed. Sidney Lee
- New translation.
- 6 volumes, page counts: 363+456+448+403+419+462.
- Engraved frontispiece in each volume.
- Attached photo shows the title page; original binding not known to us. One early binding shown here is likely to be a custom binding.
- Title page:
- Full title:
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, carefully revised, and occasionally corrected from the Arabic. To which is added, a selection of new tales, now first translated from the Arabic originals. Also, an introduction and notes, illustrative of the religion,manners and customs, of the Mahummedans.
- "By Jonathan Scott, LL.D. Oxford."
- "With engravings from paintings by Smirke."
- Data from WorldCat, {{OCLC|5300539}} and from several other OCLC records. Additional data from Christie's Auction House and from the Dictionary of National Biography, 1909.
- This work was republished 1882 and 1890, both in 4 vols. Many later editions, with other authors, were based on this revision.
See the novel record for more information.
