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The adventures of Abdalla, son of Hanif, sent by the sultan of the Indies, to make a discovery of the island of Borico, where the fountain which restores past youth is supposed to be found. Also an account of the travels of Rouschen, a Persian lady, to the Topsy-Turvy island, undiscover'd to this day. The whole intermix'd with several curious and instructive histories
Bignon, Jean Paul (1662-1743); Hatchett, William (fl. 1730-1741)
1729
"Redding implies that Vathek was founded upon an anonymous pseud-orientalism... entitled, Abdallah, fils d'Hanif, which was translated into English from the French ... but a cursory comparison will at...