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Edité par London: Printed for C and J Rivington; J Nunn; T Cadell et al 10 others, 1824
A very good full leather binding. 12mo. 5.0" x 3.0" x 1.0". pp.ix/[3pp.]/pp.480 . Black morocco binding with blind-stamped decoration, edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Flat spine with gilt tile: "Tales Of The Genii". All page edges gilt (rubbed ). A few gatherings just proud of the text block. Inner gilt dentelles. Yellow endpapers (soiled). Small pink bookseller's label to verso of the front board: "G Paul. Bookseller. Bury." Extra engraved frontis and title-page, followed by a printed title-page (all lightly soiled). Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. Colophon to base of last page: "London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars." VG. ** Note from British Library Hub: "In fact an original work by James Ridley, writing under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell, based on the 'Arabian nights' . ".
Edité par James Wallis, 1805
Vendeur : Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Complete in two volumes as issued. 8vo, original paper covered boards with titles on spine. Vol I xliv + 368pp; vol II 432 pp. Each volume has 6 engraved plates after drawings by W.M. Craig and an engraved title page in addition to the regular printed one. Edgewear and cracking on spines, vol I has a superficial tear to the front cover. Contemporary name and bookplate on front pastedown, also a handwritten line noting Ridley's authorship. Generally very good inside with occasional spotting. This is considered a superior version of this work due to the fine illustrations. Originally published in 1764, this purported to be a translation from Perisan of collected stories, whereas they were in fact Ridley / Morell's own invention. Most likely inspired by the Arabian Nights which were extremely popular at this time. ***Over 1kg and may require extra overseas postage***.
Edité par J. Booker / Rodwell & Martin, London, 1820
Vendeur : The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, Etats-Unis
Full leather. Etat : Very good. The Tales of the Genii, translated from Persian by James Ridley, published under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell. With engravings by Charles Heath after illustrations drawn by R. Westall. (illustrateur). Early Edition. Small octavo, [two volumes], xiii, [3], 334; [4], 334pp. Full tan leather, decorative design stamped in blind and gilt on covers. Rebacked in new leather with original red and black spine labels. Hinges reinforced. Marbled edges and endpapers. Solid text blocks, light rubbing to corners. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpapers. Complete with four full-page plates in each volume, including a frontispiece and two tissue guards in each.
Edité par James Wallis, London, 1805
Vendeur : White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Full Calf. Etat : Very Good Plus. Rare with hand-colored plates. 8vo. 20.5 by 13 cm. xliv, 368, 432 pp. Fourteen hand-colored engraved plates. The coloring was done with great care and precision. Morell claimed to be merely collecting the tales from the Indian subcontinent (thus he is credited on the title page merely as the translator from Persian) when in fact he made up the stories himself, inspired by The Arabian Nights, to be sure. The work was first published in 1764, at a time the public was smitten with exotic Orientalia. Rubbing along the joints, and light wear to the cover otherwise.
Edité par Printed for J. Wilkie, London, 1764
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Small quarto, two volumes: pp. [i-iii] iv [v] vi-viii [ix] x-xxix [xxx: blank] [1] 2-354; [i-ii] [1] 2-406 [407-408: blank] [note: Fff4, a blank leaf in volume 2 is present], fourteen inserted plates with engravings from drawings by A. Walker, eighteenth-century full calf, front, rear and spine panels ruled in gold, brown leather labels titled in gold affixed to spine panels. First edition. A popular collection of pseudo-oriental tales which went through at least seven editions by 1800. "An idiosyncratic manifestation of the eighteenth-century mania for Oriental tales inspired by Galland's translation of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (1704-1717). The author was allegedly 'formerly ambassador in India to the Great Mogul,' but was in fact a British clergyman who had never traveled abroad. The stories imitate the style of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. The 'exotic' names of the characters are often anagrams of English names. Morell's one substantive innovation is his conclusion, in which an evil magician flies off to wreak havoc in England -- an interesting if accidental foreshadowing of the menace from the East so effectively employed by Bram Stoker in DRACULA." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 1-55. Charles Dickens loved Ridley's stories as a child, making several allusions to them in later novels and Ridley's "The Adventures of Abudah the Merchant" inspired a key image in Coleridge's "Kubla Khan." Irwin, The Arabian Nights: A Companion, pp. 244; 267. Bleiler (1978), p.143. Reginald 12242. NCBEL II, 1001. Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, p. 198. Partial hairline cracks along outer joints, but hinges still holding firm, ink stain to lower margin of T2 of volume 1, tiny chip from upper right margin of Yy2 of volume 2, very faint marginal stains to a few leaves in each volume, but a remarkably clean text overall. A very good copy with nearly fine interior. (#118754).