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18th c. Antique Book - The Tales Of The Genii: Or, The Delightful Lessons Of Homar The Son Of Asmar by Sir Charles Morell - The Tales Of The Genii: Or, The Delightful Lessons Of Homar The Son Of Asmar, by Sir Charles Morell (Pen Name of James Kenneth Ridley), Published by C Cooke, Paternoster Rowe, London, 1794; v.2, 260p 3 plates. Hard cover, fully bound in calf leather. Full title: The Tales of the Genii; or, the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar. Faithfully translated from the Persian manuscript; and compared with the French and Spanish editions, published at Paris and Madrid. By Sir Charles Morell, Formerly Ambassador from the British Settlements in India to the Great Mogul. Cooke's Edition embellished with Superb Engravings.