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
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 3161566
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . ill.. . 4to. Wanting vol. 2. - Provenance: Not indigenous. Meade Collection. Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Ink stamp: “Frankleigh House Library”. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of Rev. The Honble Sidney Meade [1839-1917]. – Also: Armorial crest bookplate of Charles Dickens. – Inscription in pencil: ‘Charles Dickens / Copy, bought at his sale’ Binding: Half calf, marbled-paper boards, gold-decorated spines, red and brown spine-labels, gold-lettered. - Ticket of ‘Aubrey / Binder / Salisbury’
Makers and roles
Edward William Lane (1801 - 1876) Edward Stanley Poole (1830-1867)