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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. New Edition.

Illustrated by: William Harvey (English, 1796–1866)
Engraved by: Thomas Armstrong (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: John Bastin (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: Beneworth (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: Frederick W. Branston (English, active 1830–1849)
Engraved by: Harriet Ludlow Clarke (English, died in 1866)
Engraved by: Mary Ann Cook (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: Juliet E. Dudley (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: Edmund Evans (English, 1826–1905)
Engraved by: Feldwick (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: William A. Folkard (English, active 1830–1850)
Engraved by: Thomas Gilks (English, 1814–1877)
Engraved by: Charles Gray (English, died in 1845)
Engraved by: W. T. Green (English, active 1837–1872)
Engraved by: John Jackson (English, 1801–1848)
Engraved by: Mason Jackson (English, 1819–1903)
Engraved by: Ebenezer Landells (English, 1808–1860)
Engraved by: William James Linton (American (born in England), 1812–1898)
Engraved by: Alexander John Mason (English, 1794–1858)
Engraved by: George Pike Nicholls (English, active 1841–87)
Engraved by: Frederick William Quartley (American (born in England), 1808–1874)
Engraved by: Samuel Slader (American, born in England, active 1870s)
Engraved by: John Orrin Smith (English, 1799–1843)
Engraved by: John Thomson (English, 1785–1866)
Engraved by: Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816–1868)
Engraved by: Josiah Wood Whymper (English, 1813–1903)
Engraved by: Samuel Williams (English, 1788–1853)
Engraved by: Thomas Williams (English, 1798–after 1862)
Engraved by: Elizabeth Clint (English, born about 1815?)
Engraved by: Charles Jennings (English, active 1830–1850)
Engraved by: John Kirchner (English, active 1840–1850)
Engraved by: Vasey (English, 19th century)
Engraved by: John Walmsley (English, active 1839–1878)
Engraved by: John Williamson (English, active 1839–1867)
Translator: Edward William Lane (American, 1801–1876)
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company (American, founded in 1837)
1853
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 600 wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 23.8 x 16.6 x 6.5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1983.479
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1853

Description(Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1853) 23.8 cm; xx, 864 pp.; original gilt-stamped black morocco (cream-colored phase box).
ProvenanceInscribed in pen and brown ink on preliminary leaf: "William Sturgis Bigelow / from his affectionate / Grandmother / MSB / Xmas. / 59"; William Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926), by whom bequeathed to the MFA (accessioned November 9, 1983).