Description

This well-known story about Sindbad's seven voyages is from the "Thousand and One Nights," a collection of stories that had their roots in India and Persia in the eighth century AD. There are more than 20 exquisite images by painters who are well known for their works that depict the "Arabian Nights." Virginia Frances Sterrett, Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, and many others are among them. -Includes a history of the "Thousand and One Nights" origins (The Arabian Nights)