The thousand and one nights, commonly called in England, The Arabian nights' entertainments. . A new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes. By Edward William Lane, ... Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, from original designs by William Harvey. A new edition, from a copy annotated by the translator; edited by his nephew, Edward Stanley Poole. In three volumes.
Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876)
Category
Books
Date
1859
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018235
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . ill.. . 8vo. Provenance: manuscript inscription on endpaper of vol. I: 'Caroline Philips', i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan, 1849-1928. Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Half morocco; green wave grave cloth; gilt tooled and lettered on spines; marbled endpapers, gilt tops.
Makers and roles
Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876) William Harvey (1796-1866) Edward Stanley Poole (1830-1867)