Continuation of "thousands and one night." In 2 books. Kazot Zh.

“Continuation of“ thousands and one night ”” (1788-1789)-the last work of Jacques Kazot (1719-1792), French writer, mystic, Kabbalist and Martinist, who, as contemporaries believed, had the gift of foresight. P>

In our country, he gained popularity thanks to the primarily famous Gothic novel “The Love Devil” (1772; in 1967, he published in the series “Literary Monuments” as part of the collection “Fantastic Tales”). The writer's serious enthusiasm for the mysterious East and the deafening success in Europe of the French translation “Thousand and One Nights” (1704-1711), performed by Antoine Gallan (1646-1715), prompted the casot to create the continuation of the Gallian Code. Since then, both fairy -tale meetings have been published together more than once.

The labor of Kazot is considered the most skilled continuation of Gallan. And this is not surprising, because the basis of his collection, Kazot laid the original Arab manuscript of fairy tales specially translated for him, successfully combining them with his own stylization and adaptation for the modern reader. With the advent of new translations in European languages, various versions of “thousands and one night” were gradually forgotten about the composition of Kazot. This edition is called upon to replenish this gap.

In this collection, remarkable illustrations of Cleman-Pierre Marilier (1740-1808), created by him, created for the fairy tales of the casot as part of the illustrations of the famous French multi-volume code “Fei cabinet” (1785 -1789).

In addition to Kazot tales, the book publishes an essay on him Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855), accompanied by the classic engravings of Eduar de Bomon (1821-1888).