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The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly called in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments

1839–41
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  • Title: The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly called in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
  • Translator: Translated with notes by Edward William Lane (British, Hereford 1801–1876 Worthing)
  • Publisher: Charles Knight & Co. (British, 19th century)
  • Illustrator: William Harvey (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1796–1866 Richmond, Surrey)
  • Engraver: John Jackson (British, Ovingham, Northumberland 1801–1848 London) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Mason Jackson (British, Ovingham, Northumberland 1819–1903 London) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Ebenezer Landells (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1808–1860 West Brompton) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: John Orrin Smith (British, Colchester, Essex 1799–1843 London) [vol. I]
  • Engraver: Charles Gray (British, born Newcastle, died 1845) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: John Thompson (British, Manchester 1785–1866 London) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Charles Thompson (British, London 1791–1843 Paris) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Thomas Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1798–1862 after) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Mary Ann Williams (British, born 1788) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Samuel Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1788–1853 London) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: J. Constantine Beneworth (active France, 19th century) [vol. I]
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut) [vol. I]
  • Engraver: Frederick William Branston (British, 1805–1849 (active until)) [vols. I & III]
  • Engraver: W. T. Green (British, active 1837–72) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Vasey (British, active 19th century) [vols. I & II]
  • Engraver: John Wright (British, active 1828–41) [vols. I & II]
  • Engraver: Josiah Wood Whymper (British, Ipswich 1813–1903 Haslemere) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Samuel Machin Slader (British, active 1828–41) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Charles Jennings (British, active 1830s–40s) [vols. I & II]
  • Engraver: Harriet Ludlow Clarke (British, died Cannes, France, 1866) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: John Williamson (British, active 1839–67) [vols. I, II & III]
  • Engraver: Elizabeth Clint (British, born ca. 1815) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: Mary Ann Cook (British, active 1830s–40s) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: Abraham John Mason (British, London 1794–1858) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: Thomas Gilks (British, 1814–1877) [vol. II]
  • Engraver: John Bastin (British, active 1840s, died 1851) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: William Armstrong Folkard (British, active 1830–50) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: Feldwick (British, active ca. 1841) [vols. II & III]
  • Engraver: George Pike Nicholls (British, active 1841–87) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: Edward Evans (British, active 1838–48) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: John Walmsley (British, active 1839–78) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: John Peter Wall (British, active 1854–68) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: Charles Thurston Thompson (British, Peckham 1816–1868 Paris) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: Edwin Morrett Williams (British, active 1842–75) [vol. III, p. 715]
  • Engraver: Eliza Thompson (British, active 19th century) [vol. III]
  • Engraver: John Arthur Quartley (British, active 1876–88)
  • Engraver: John Alexander Wheeler (British, active 1838–48)
  • Printer: The Whitehead & Hoag Company (London)
  • Date: 1839–41
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engravings
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (26.1 x 18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.571.72(1–3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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