The Adventure of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Connected With It,
(from the Arabian Nights Entertainments).
London, Printed for William Daniell by Thomas Davison, 1814
The plates show the following episodes (as described in their engraved captions): Hunch-Back & The Tailor; The Supper; The Jewish Physician; The Purveyor; The Christian Merchant; From The Merchants Story; From The Purveyors Story; From The Physicians Story; From The Tailors Story; The Officious Barber; Bacbouc, The Barbers First Brother; Bacbarah, The Barbers Second Brother; Backbac, The Barbers Third Brother; Alcouz, The Barbers Fourth Brother; Alnaschar, The Barbers Fifth Brother; Schacabac, The Barbers Sixth Brother; The Recovery Of Hunchback.
First edition thus; large paper copy, folio, (43 x 33 cm); frontispiece and 16 engraved plates on India paper by William Daniell after Robert Smirke, light foxing throughout; contemporary maroon morocco, richly gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt, corners slightly rubbed, a very good copy; [2], 99, [1] pp.
Sutton 51.
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