The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800: Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines

By Richard van Leeuwen and Arnoud Vrolijk

Antoine Galland's French translation of the Thousand and One Nights appeared in 1704. One year later a pirate edition was printed in The Hague, followed by many others. Galland entertained a lively correspondence on the subject with the Dutch intellectual and statesman Gisbert Cuper (1644-1716). Dutch orientalists privately owned editions of the

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946298879X
• ISBN13: 9789462988798
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.5"