ARABIAN NIGHTS The Oriental Moralist or the Beauties of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Translated from the Original & Accompanied with Suitable Reflections Adapted to Each Story by the Revd. Mr. Cooper, edited by Richard Johnson [under his pseudonym "Mr. Cooper"], engraved frontispiece, title-page and 5 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary speckled calf, spine tooled in gilt with red morocco lettering label, joints rubbed [Roscoe J272 (1 and 2); Osborne 2, p.583], 8vo, E. Newbery, [1791-1792?] Edited by Richard Johnson under his pseudonym "Mr. Cooper", this abridgement of the Arabian Nights is the first edition of the first English translation of the tales for young readers. The nineteen tales include those of Aladdin and Sinbad. Provenance: J.A. Alexander, ink ownership inscription and "Master Alexander with Mr. J.F. Taylor's best love - 1st January 1810" on front paste-down.