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Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments

[1865]
Not on view
Frontispiece, illustrated title page, contents, list of illustrations, illustrated 1/2 title, pp. (2)-822 including over 200 illustrations and 1 leaf of advertisements. Bound in boards covered with blue cloth; decorative border and title stamped and embossed on front cover with gold, red and black decoration; border blind-stamped on back cover; title embossed on spine with gilt decoration. Gilt page edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments
  • Editor: Henry William Dulcken (British, 1832–1894)
  • Illustrator: Edward Dalziel (British, Wooler, Northumberland 1817–1905 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Dalziel (British, Wooler, Northumberland 1823–1906 Herne Bay, Kent)
  • Illustrator: Arthur Boyd Houghton (British (born India), Madras 1836–1875 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Morten (British, Uxbridge 1836–1866 London)
  • Illustrator: George John Pinwell (British, London 1842–1875 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (British, London 1820–1914 London)
  • Illustrator: John Dawson Watson (British, Sedbergh, Yorkshire 1832–1892 Conwy, Wales)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Publisher: Ward, Lock & Tyler (London)
  • Printer: Camden Press (British, London)
  • Date: [1865]
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 x 2 in. (27 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.571.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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