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OverviewAccording to legend, a resourceful bride won a stay of execution by captivating a sultan with a series of fantastic tales-and after 1,001 nights, the sultan could not bear to part with his storyteller. More than a thousand years later, readers continue to fall under the spell of the romantic adventures known as the Arabian Nights. This original collection features rare and unusual illustrations inspired by the traditional tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and a host of other exotic characters.Spanning the decades between the 1890s and the 1920s, this volume draws upon images from the Golden Age of Illustration, when technological advances in printing led to a boom in the publication of artwork. Drawings and paintings by Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, Charles Folkard, and other acclaimed artists of the era appear here, in more than 185 colour and black-and-white illustrations with captions. Abounding in mystery and excitement, these scenes from the timeless tales of heroism will captivate all lovers of fantasy and fairy tales, as well as collectors of rare books and art and illustration enthusiasts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeff A. Menges , Jeff A. MengesPublisher: Dover Publications Inc. Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Dimensions: Width: 0.90cm , Height: 21.20cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.538kg ISBN: 9780486465227ISBN 10: 0486465225 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 29 August 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsFrontispiece - Rene Bull, 1912 Title page - Rene Bull, 1912 Dedication page - Rene Bull, 1912 Will and Frances Brundage, The Arabian Nights, 1893 Rene Bull, The Arabian Nights, 1912 Thomas B. Dalziel and A. W. Cooper, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 1902 Edmund Dulac, Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1907 Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1913 Charles Folkard, The Arabian Nights, 1913 H. J. Ford, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898 Thomas Mackenzie, Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp; In Rhyme, 1920 Maxfield Parrish, The Arabian Nights; Their Best-Known Tales, 1909 Louis Rhead, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 1916 Charles Robinson, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Perie Banou, 1913 Milo Winter, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1914ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |