In this eighth volume of the collection there are three of the first texts which, following the enthusiasm of exotic stories after the publication of the Mille and a Nuits, embarked on the path to the eastern storm. The first, History of Perse sultane and vizirs, Turkish storms, composed in Turkish by Chéc Zadè and translated into French (1707), a real masterpiece of the genus, is inspired by a Turkish compendium, including Pétis (1653-1713), which translates the framework and twenty stories. The text in...