In May 1838, the first monthly installment of Edward William Lane’s edition of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments was issued. It would be followed by 38 monthly installments from May 1838 to June 1841 and then published in three volumes (1839-41). Lane claimed for his work the distinction of being the first scholarly edition and the first accurate translation into English of Alf Layla wa Layla. Image: Edward William Lane, c. 1829. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Stephen Arata, “On E. W. Lane’s Edition of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, 1838″