Virginia Frances Sterrett

Arabian Nights Virginia Frances Sterrett

Publisher Marketing: The stories from The Arabian Nights were brought to the Western world by Antoine Galland's translation in 1704 and haven't ceased to delight us ever since. The present edition is based on Jonathan Scott's version (1811) and it is exquisitely illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett. This volume belongs to the "Vintage books - restored" collection. Contributor Bio:  Scott, Jonathan Jonathan Scott is Professor of History at the University of Auckland. His previous publications include England's Troubles: Seventeenth-Century English Political Instability in European Context (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2004).