116. The Two Kings and the Vizier’s Daughters mi
117. The Favourite and her Lover mi
118. The Merchant of Cairo and the Favourite of the mi
Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah
Conclusion.
_INDEX IV._—C.
_TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE MACNAGHTEN OR TURNER-MACAN TEXT (1839–42) AND
BULAK EDITION (A.H. 1251 = A.D. 1835–36) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK
OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT; AS TRANSLATED BY MR. JOHN PAYNE._
Night
INTRODUCTION.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother
_a._ Story of the Ox and the Ass
1. The Merchant and the Genie i
_a._ The First Old Man’s Story i
_b._ The Second Old Man’s Story ii
_c._ The Third Old Man’s Story ii
2. The Fisherman and the Genie iii
_a._ Story of the Physician Douban iv
_aa._ _Story of King Sindbad and his v
Falcon_[468]
_ab._ Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress v
_b._ Story of the Enchanted Youth vii
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad ix
_a._ The First Calender’s Story xi
_b._ The Second Calender’s Story xii
_ba._ Story of the Envier and the Envied[469] xiii
_c._ The Third Calender’s Story xiv
_d._ The Eldest Lady’s Story xvii
_e._ The Story of the Portress. xviii
4. The Three Apples xix
5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan xx
6. Story of the Hunchback xxv
_a._ The Christian Broker’s Story xxv
_b._ The Controller’s Story xxvii
_c._ The Jewish Physician’s Story xxviii
_d._ The Tailor’s Story xxix
_e._ The Barber’s Story xxxi
_ea._ Story of the Barber’s First Brother xxxi
_eb._ Story of the Barber’s Second Brother xxxi
_ec._ Story of the Barber’s Third Brother xxxii
_ed._ Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother xxxii
_ee._ Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother xxxii
_ef._ Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother xxxiii
7. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis xxxiv
8. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love xxxix
_a._ Story of the Eunuch Bekhit xxxix
_b._ Story of the Eunuch Kafour xxxix
9. _The History of King Omar ben Ennuman and his Sons xlv
Sherkan and Zoulmekan_
_a._ _Story of Taj el Mulouk and the Princess cvii
Dunya_
_aa._ _Story of Aziz and Azizeh_ cxii
_b._ _Bakoun’s Story of the Hashish-Eater_ cxliii
_c._ _Hemmad the Bedouin’s Story_ cxliv
10. _The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam_ cxlvi
11. _The Hermits_ cxlviii
12. _The Water-fowl and the Tortoise_ cxlviii
13. _The Wolf and the Fox_ cxlviii
_a._ _The Hawk and the Partridge_ cxlix
14. _The Mouse and the Weasel_ cl
15. _The Cat and the Crow_ cl
16. _The Fox and the Crow_ cl
_a._ _The Mouse and the Flea_ cli
_b._ _The Falcon and the Birds_ clii
_c._ _The Sparrow and the Eagle_ clii
17. _The Hedgehog and the Pigeons_ clii
_a._ _The Merchant and the Two Sharpers_ clii
18. _The Thief and his Monkey_ clii
_a._ _The Foolish Weaver_ clii
19. _The Sparrow and the Peacock_ clii
20. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar cliii
21. Kemerezzeman and Budour clxx
_a._ Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl ccxxxvii
22. Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat ccl
23. Hatim et Taï; his Generosity after Death cclxx
24. Maan ben Zaïdeh and the three Girls cclxxi
25. Maan ben Zaïdeh and the Bedouin cclxxi
26. The City of Lebtait cclxxii
27. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth cclxxii
28. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon cclxxiii
29. The City of Irem cclxxvi
30. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif cclxxix
Mamoun
31. _The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad_ cclxxxii
32. The Mock Khalif cclxxxvi
33. _Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper_ ccxciv
34. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and his ccxcvi
Vizier Jaafer
35. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his ccxcvii
Mistress’s Honour
36. _Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller_ ccxcix
37. Abou Mohammed the Lazy ccc
38. _Yehya ben Khalid and Mensour_ cccv
39. Yehya ben Khalid and the Man who forged a Letter in cccvi
his Name
40. _The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor_ cccvii
41. Ali Shar and Zumurrud cccviii
42. The Loves of Jubeir ben Umeir and the Lady Budour cccxxvii
43. The Man of Yemen and his six Slave-girls cccxxxiv
44. Haroun er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas cccxxxviii
45. The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold cccxl
46. _The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of cccxli
Police_
47. El Melik en Nasir and the three Masters of Police cccxliii
_a._ Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police cccxliii
_b._ Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police cccxliv
_c._ Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police cccxliv
48. The Thief and the Money-Changer cccxliv
49. The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper cccxlv
50. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister cccxlvi
51. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving cccxlviii
52. _The Devout Israelite_ cccxlviii
53. _Abou Hassan ez Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan_ cccxlix
54. The Poor Man and his Generous Friend cccli
55. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a cccli
Dream
56. _El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mehboubeh_ cccli
57. _Werdan the Butcher’s Adventure with the Lady and cccliii
the Bear_
58. _The King’s Daughter and the Ape_ ccclv
59. The Enchanted Horse ccclvii
60. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud ccclxxi
61. Abou Nuwas with the three Boys and the Khalif ccclxxxi
Haroun er Reshid
62. _Abdallah ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and ccclxxxiii
his Slave-girl_
63. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh ccclxxxiii
64. _The Vizier of Yemen and his young Brother_ ccclxxxiv
65. _The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School_ ccclxxxv
66. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh ccclxxxv
67. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath ccclxxxv
68. Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets ccclxxxvi
69. Musab ben er Zubeir and Aaïsheh his Wife ccclxxxvi
70. Aboulaswed and his squinting Slave-girl ccclxxxvii
71. Haroun er Reshid and the two Girls ccclxxxvii
72. Haroun er Reshid and the three Girls ccclxxxvii
73. _The Miller and his Wife_ ccclxxxvii
74. The Simpleton and the Sharper ccclxxxviii
75. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and ccclxxxviii
Zubeideh
76. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant ccclxxxix
77. King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel ccclxxxix
78. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife cccxc
79. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman cccxci
80. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man cccxci
81. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi cccxcii
82. _Said ben Salim and the Barmecides_ cccxcii
83. The Woman’s Trick against her Husband cccxciii
84. The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders cccxciv
85. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin cccxcv
86. Omar ben el Khettab and the Young Bedouin cccxcv
87. _El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt_ cccxviii
88. The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief cccxviii
89. Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi cccxcix
90. The Devout Prince cccci
91. The Schoolmaster who Fell in Love by Report ccccii
92. The Foolish Schoolmaster cccciii
93. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster cccciii
94. _The King and the Virtuous Wife_ cccciv
95. _Abdurrehman the Moor’s Story of the Roc_ cccciv
96. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind ccccv
97. Dibil el Khuzaï with the Lady and Muslim ben el ccccvii
Welid
98. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant ccccvii
99. The Three Unfortunate Lovers[470] ccccix
100. The Lovers of the Benou Tai ccccx
101. The Mad Lover ccccxi
102. The Apples of Paradise ccccxii
103. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain ccccxiv
104. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi ccccxviii
105. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil ccccxix
106. The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the ccccxix
relative Excellence of the Sexes
107. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman ccccxxiii
108. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis ccccxxiv
109. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man ccccxxiv
to Lover
110. The Haunted House in Baghdad ccccxxiv
111. _The Pilgrim and the Old Woman who dwelt in the ccccxxxiv
Desert_
112. _Aboulhusn and his Slave-girl Taweddud_ ccccxxxvi
113. _The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the cccclxii
Devout Man_
114. _The Angel of Death and the Rich King_ cccclxii
115. _The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of cccclxiii
Israel_
116. _Iskender Dhoulkernein and a certain Tribe of Poor cccclxiv
Folk_
117. _The Righteousness of King Anoushirwan_ cccclxiv
118. _The Jewish Cadi and his Pious Wife_ cccclxv
119. _The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child_ cccclxvi
120. _The Pious Black Slave_ cccclxvii
121. _The Devout Platter-maker and his Wife_ cccclxviii
122. _El Hejjaj ben Yousuf and the Pious Man_ cccclxx
123. _The Blacksmith who could Handle Fire without Hurt_ cccclxxi
124. _The Saint to whom God gave a Cloud to serve Him cccclxxiii
and the Devout King_
125. _The Muslim Champion and the Christian Lady_ cccclxxiv
126. _Ibrahim ben el Khawwas and the Christian King’s cccclxxvii
Daughter_
127. _The Justice of Providence_ cccclxxviii
128. _The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit_ cccclxxix
129. _The King of the Island_ cccclxxix
130. _Abulhusn ed Durraj and Abou Jaafer the Leper_ cccclxxxi
131. _The Queen of the Serpents_ cccclxxxii
_a._ _The Adventures of Beloukiya_ cccclxxxvi
_b._ _The Story of Janshah_ ccccxcix
132. Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter dxxxvi
_a._ The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxxxviii
_b._ The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxliii
_c._ The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxlvi
_d._ The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dl
_e._ The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlvi
_f._ The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlix
_g._ The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlxiii
133. The City of Brass dlxvi
134. The Malice of Women dlxxviii
_a._ The King and his Vizier’s Wife dlxxviii
_b._ The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot dlxxix
_c._ The Fuller and his Son dlxxix
_d._ The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife dlxxx
_e._ The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread dlxxx
_f._ The Lady and her Two Lovers dlxxxi
_g._ The King’s Son and the Ogress dlxxxi
_h._ The Drop of Honey dlxxxii
_i._ The Woman who made her Husband sift Dust dlxxxii
_j._ The Enchanted Springs dlxxxii
_k._ The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife dlxxxiv
_l._ The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband dlxxxiv
_m._ The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-girl dlxxxvi
_n._ The Man who never Laughed again dlxxxvii
_o._ The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife dxci
_p._ _The Page who feigned to know the Speech of dxcii
Birds_
_q._ _The Lady and her five Suitors_ dxciii
_r._ The Man who saw the Night of Power dxcvi
_s._ The Stolen Necklace dxcvi
_t._ _The two Pigeons_ dxcvii
_u._ Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed dxcvii
Detma
_v._ The House with the Belvedere dxcviii
_w._ _The King’s Son and the Afrit’s Mistress_ dcii
_x._ The Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers dciii
_y._ The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child dcv
_z._ The Stolen Purse dcv
135. Jouder and his Brothers dcvi
136. The History of Gherib and his Brother Agib dcxxiv
137. _Otbeh and Reyya_ dclxxx
138. _Hind Daughter of En Numan and El Hejjaj_ dclxxxi
139. _Khuzeimeh ben Bishr and Ikrimeh el Feyyaz_ dclxxxii
140. _Younus the Scribe and the Khalif Welid ben Sehl_ dclxxxiv
141. _Haroun er Reshid and the Arab Girl_ dclxxxv
142. _El Asmaï and the three Girls of Bassora_ dclxxxvi
143. _Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil_ dclxxxvii
144. _The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh_ dclxxxviii
145. _The Bedouin and his Wife_ dcxci
146. _The Lovers of Bassora_ dcxciii
147. _Isaac of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil_ dcxcv
148. _The Lovers of Medina_ dcxcvi
149. _El Melik en Nasir and his Vizier_ dcxcvii
150. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her dcxcviii
Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstress
151. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo: a dccviii
Sequel to the Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty
152. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous dccxix
153. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of dccxxxviii
Persia
154. King Mohammed ben Sebaïk and the Merchant Hassan dcclvi
_a._ Story of Prince Seif el Mulouk and the dcclviii
Princess Bediya el Jemal
155. Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the dcclxxviii
Jinn
156. Khelifeh the Fisherman of Baghdad dcccxxxii
157. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif dcccxlv
158. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter dccclxiii
159. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife dcccxciv
160. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl dcccxcvi
161. King Jelyaad of Hind and his Vizier Shimas:
whereafter ensueth the History of King Wird Khan dcccxcix
son of King Jelyaad and his Women and Viziers
_a._ The Cat and the Mouse dcccc
_b._ The Fakir and his Pot of Butter dccccii
_c._ The Fishes and the Crab dcccciii
_d._ The Crow and the Serpent dcccciii
_e._ The Fox and the Wild Ass dcccciv
_f._ The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince dccccv
_g._ The Crows and the Hawk dccccvi
_h._ The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife dccccvii
_i._ The Spider and the Wind dccccviii
_j._ The Two Kings dccccix
_k._ The Blind Man and the Cripple dccccx
_l._ The Foolish Fisherman dccccxviii
_m._ The Boy and the Thieves dccccxviii
_n._ The Man and his Wilful Wife dccccxix
_o._ The Merchant and the Thieves dccccxx
_p._ The Foxes and the Wolf dccccxxi
_q._ The Shepherd and the Thief dccccxxi
_r._ The Heathcock and the Tortoises dccccxxiv
162. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber dccccxxx
163. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman dccccxl
164. The Merchant of Oman dccccxlvi
165. _Ibrahim and Jemileh_ dcccclii
166. _Aboulhusn of Khorassan_ dcccclix
167. _Kemerezzeman and the Jeweller’s Wife_ dcccclxiii
168. _Abdallah ben Fazil and his Brothers_ dcccclxxviii
169. _Marouf the Cobbler and his Wife Fatimeh_ dcccclxxxix-mi
Conclusion.
_INDEX IV._—D.
_COMPARISON OF THE SAME WITH MR. LANE’S AND MY VERSION._
Introduction and
Nos. 1 to 6 of the preceding list from Volume I. of my Edition.
Nos. 7 to 9aa of the preceding list from Volume II. of my
Edition.
Nos. 9aa to 21 of the preceding list from Volume III. of my
Edition.
(_contd._)
Nos. 21 to 58 of the preceding list from Volume IV. of my
Edition.
(_contd._)
Nos. 59 to 131 of the preceding list from Volume V. of my
Edition.
Nos. 132 to 136 of the preceding list from Volume VI. of my
Edition.
Nos. 136 to 154a of the preceding list from Volume VII. of my
Edition.
(_contd._)
Nos. 154a to 158 of the preceding list from Volume VIII. of my
Edition.
(_contd._)
Nos. 158 to 168 of the preceding list from Volume IX. of my
Edition.
(_contd._)
Nos. 169 and conclusion from Volume X. of my Edition.
For full details, see contents pages to each of the respective Volumes.
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Footnote 458:
Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac 134^b “The Merchant’s Wife and the
Parrot.”
Footnote 459:
This will be found translated in my “Book of the Thousand Nights and
One Night,” vol. vii. p. 307, as an Appendix to the Calcutta (1839–42)
and Boulac version of the story, from which it differs in detail.
Footnote 460:
Called “Bekhit” in Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac Editions.
Footnote 461:
Yehya ben Khalid (Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac).
Footnote 462:
“Shar” (Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac).
Footnote 463:
“Jelyaad” (Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac).
Footnote 464:
Calcutta (1839–1842) and Boulac, No. 63. See my “Book of the Thousand
Nights and One Night,” vol. iv. p. 211.
Footnote 465:
Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac, “Jaafar the Barmecide.”
Footnote 466:
Calcutta (1839–42) and Boulac, “The Thief turned Merchant and the
other Thief,” No. 88.
Footnote 467:
This story will be found translated in my “Book of the Thousand Nights
and One Night,” vol. v. p. 345.
Footnote 468:
After this I introduce the Tale of the Husband and the Parrot.
Footnote 469:
The Bulak Edition omits this story altogether.
Footnote 470:
After this I introduce How Abu Hasan brake wind.
Appendix II.
_CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, AND
THEIR IMITATIONS, WITH A TABLE SHOWING THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL
EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE NIGHTS._
BY W. F. KIRBY,
Author of “Ed-Dimiryaht: an Oriental Romance,” “The New Arabian Nights,”
&c.
The European editions of the Thousand and One Nights, even excluding the
hundreds of popular editions which have nothing specially noticeable
about them, are very numerous; and the following Notes must, I am fully
aware, be incomplete, though they will, perhaps, be found useful to
persons interested in the subject. Although I believe that editions of
most of the English, French, and German versions of any importance have
passed through my hands, I have not had an opportunity of comparing many
in other languages, some of which at least may be independent editions,
not derived from Galland. The imitations and adaptations of The Nights
are, perhaps, more numerous than the editions of The Nights themselves,
if we exclude mere reprints of Galland; and many of them are even more
difficult of access.
In the following Notes, I have sometimes referred to tales by their
numbers in the Table.
_GALLAND’S MS. AND TRANSLATION._
The first MS. of The Nights known in Europe was brought to Paris by
Galland at the close of the 17th century; and his translation was
published in Paris, in twelve small volumes, under the title of “Les
Mille et une Nuit: Contes Arabes, traduits en Francois par M. Galland.”
These volumes appeared at intervals between 1704 and 1717. Galland
himself died in 1715, and it is uncertain how far he was responsible for
the latter part of the work. Only the first six of the twelve vols. are
divided into Nights, vol. 6 completing the story of Camaralzaman, and
ending with Night 234. The Voyages of Sindbad are not found in Galland’s
MS., though he has intercalated them as Nights 69–90 between Nos. 3 and
4. It should be mentioned, however, that in some texts (Bresl., for
instance) No. 133 is placed much earlier in the series than in others.
The stories in Galland’s last six vols. may be divided into two classes,
viz., those known to occur in genuine texts of The Nights, and those
which do not. To the first category belong Nos. 7, 8, 59, 153 and 170;
and some even of these are not found in Galland’s own MS., but were
derived by him from other sources. The remaining tales (Nos. 191–198) do
not really belong to The Nights; and, strange to say, although they are
certainly genuine Oriental tales, the actual originals have never been
found. I am inclined to think that Galland may, perhaps, have written
and adapted them from his recollection of stories which he himself heard
related during his own residence in the East, especially as most of
these tales appear to be derived rather from Persian or Turkish than
from Arabian sources.
The following Preface appeared in vol. 9 which I translate from
Talander’s German edition, as the original is not before me:
“The two stories with which the eighth volume concludes do not properly
belong to the Thousand and One Nights. They were added and printed
without the previous knowledge of the translator, who had not the
slightest idea of the trick that had been played upon him until the
eighth volume was actually on sale. The reader must not, therefore, be
surprised that the story of the Sleeper Awakened, which commences vol.
9, is written as if Scheherazade had related it immediately after the
story of Ganem, which forms the greater part of vol. 8. Care will be
taken to omit these two stories in a new edition, as not belonging to
the work.”
It is, perhaps, not to be wondered at that when the new edition was
actually published, subsequently to Galland’s death, the condemned
stories were retained, and the preface withdrawn; though No. 170 still
reads as if it followed No. 8.
The information I have been able to collect respecting the disputed
tales is very slight. I once saw a MS. advertised in an auction
catalogue (I think that of the library of the late Prof. H. H. Wilson)
as containing two of Galland’s doubtful tales, but which they were was
not stated. The fourth and last volume of the MS. used by Galland is
lost; but it is almost certain that it did not contain any of these
tales (compare Payne, ix. 265 note).
The story of Zeyn Alasnam (No. 191) is derived from the same source as
that of the Fourth Durwesh, in the well-known Hindustani reading-book,
the Bagh o Bahar. If it is based upon this, Galland has greatly altered
and improved it, and has given it the whole colouring of a European
moral fairy tale.
The story of Ali Baba (No. 195) is, I have been told, a Chinese tale. It
occurs under the title of the Two Brothers and the Forty-nine Dragons in
Geldart’s Modern Greek Tales. It has also been stated that the late
Prof. Palmer met with a very similar story among the Arabs of Sinai
(Payne, ix. 266).
The story of Sidi Nouman (No. 194b) may have been based partly upon the
Third Shaykh’s Story (No. 1c), which Galland omits. The feast of the
Ghools is, I believe, Greek or Turkish, rather than Arabic, in
character, as vampires, personified plague, and similar horrors are much
commoner in the folk-lore of the former peoples.
Many incidents of the doubtful, as well as of the genuine tales, are
common in European folk-lore (versions of Nos. 2 and 198, for instance,
occur in Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen), and some of the doubtful tales
have their analogues in Scott’s MS., as will be noticed in due course.
I have not seen Galland’s original edition in 12 vols.; but the
Stadt-Bibliothek of Frankfort-on-Main contains a copy, published at La
Haye, in 12 vols. (with frontispieces), made up of two or more editions,
as follows:—
Vol. i. (ed. 6) 1729; vols. ii. iii. iv. (ed. 5) 1729; vols. v. vi.
viii. (ed. 5) 1728; vol. vii. (ed. 6) 1731; vols. ix. to xi. (ed. not
noted) 1730; and vol. xii. (ed. not noted) 1731.
The discrepancies in the dates of the various volumes looks (as Mr.
Clouston has suggested) as if separate volumes were reprinted as
required, independently of the others. This might account for vols. v.
vi. and viii. of the fifth edition having been apparently reprinted
before vols. ii. iii. and iv.
The oldest French version in the British Museum consists of the first
eight vols., published at La Haye, and likewise made up of different
editions, as follows:—
i. (ed. 5) 1714; ii. iii. iv. (ed. 4) 1714; v. vi. (ed. 5) 1728; vii.
(ed. 5) 1719; viii. (“suivant la copie imprimée à Paris”) 1714.
Most French editions (old and new) contain Galland’s Dedication, “À
Madame Madame la Marquise d’O., Dame du Palais de Madame la Duchesse de
Bourgogne,” followed by an “Avertissement.” In addition to these, the La
Haye copies have Fontenelle’s Approbation prefixed to several volumes,
but in slightly different words, and bearing different dates. December
27th, 1703 (vol. i.); April 14th, 1704 (vol. vi.); and October 4th, 1705
(vol. vii.). This is according to the British Museum copy; I did not
examine the Frankfort copy with reference to the Approbation. The
Approbation is translated in full in the old English version as follows:
“I have read, by Order of my Lord Chancellor, this Manuscript, wherein I
find nothing that ought to hinder its being Printed. And I am of opinion
that the Publick will be very well pleased with the Perusal of these
Oriental Stories. Paris, 27th December, 1705 [apparently a misprint for
1703] (Signed) FONTENELLE.”
In the Paris edition of 1726 (vide infrà), Galland says in his
Dedication, “Il a fallu le faire venir de Syrie, et mettre en François,
le premier volume que voici, de quatre seulement qui m’ont été envoyez.”
So, also, in a Paris edition (in eight vols. 12mo) of 1832; but in the
La Haye issue of 1714, we read not “quatre” but “six” volumes. The old
German edition of Talander (vide infrà) does not contain Galland’s
Dedication (Epitre) or Avertissement.
The earliest French editions were generally in 12 vols., or six; I
possess a copy of a six-volume edition, published at Paris in 1726. It
may be the second, as the title-page designates it as “nouvelle edition,
corrigée.”