The tales of the genii: or, The delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar.. Faithfully translated from the Persian manuscript; and compared with the French and Spanish editions published at Paris and Madrid.
Sir Charles Morell (1736-1765)
Category
Books
Date
1781
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3160408
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 12mo. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate in both vols.: 'Lyme', signed 'J. F. Badeley. fecit 1904' [i.e. Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). Printed shelfmark label beneath bookplates: Case "M" [in MS.] Shelf "7" [i.e. a Lyme Park book]. Binding: eighteenth-century sheepskin; gilt roll pattern on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in sheepskin; recessed cords; green title label on spines; nineteenth-century gilt ram's head crest stamp [i.e. a Legh family book] on spines.
Makers and roles
Sir Charles Morell (1736-1765)