Notes: First of two volumes. From front matter page, repeated on page xv: "The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 1, containing the first 36 entertainments and the notes upon them." "Entertainments" and "Notes" each have section paginated with Roman numerals starting with "i" and section paginated with Arabic numerals starting with "1". Volume 2 listed in table of contents as well, pagination is continuation of pagination of similar sections in volume 1. Copyright by Heritage Press 1955. Title page: "The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing 65 stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first sultaness, and containing a better account of the customs, manners and religion of the Eastern nations than is to be met with in any edition hitherto published; because the text is one which Sir Richard Burton himself desired to own, the definitive and all-inclusive Burton translation with the addition of the notes upon the text prepared by those scholars who had previously translated the text into English from the Arabic, notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne; and it is embellished with miniature paintings made by Arthur Szyk for the Heritage Press, New York." Title page on page ii. "A list of the Entertainments In the first volume" (Table of Contents) on page ix. "In the second volume" on page xi. "A list of the Plates In the first volume" on page xiii. "In the second volume" on page xiv. From page i of notes: "The Arabian Nights Entertainments Supplement to Volume 1: the notes upon the entertainments in the first volume." "A Guide to the Notes For the first volume" (Table of Contents) on page iii of notes section.