Retold by Laurence Housman.
Stories From the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1907.
Second Dulac edition. Large 4to. Brown cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt and blue on the front board and spine. Colour frontis and forty nine other colour plates, under captioned tissue guards, plates are interspersed throughout the text, one or two not in places listed, though as issued. A very good copy indeed, with the spine ends slightly worn and some light foxing throughout.
This book is Dulac's first major commission. It is an impressive volume, including stories from the Arabian Nights, such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and The King of the Ebony Isles. The illustrations for this volume are superb, with rich colours and the introduction of Dulac's trademark starry skies. The initial printing of this book has all the plates together at the end of the text. This edition, published one month after the first, has them spread through the book, as the publishers found this to be more popular with readers.
16b Hughey
Stock ID: 46123
