Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp.
Bibliographic Citation:
Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp. London : W.S. Johnson, [between 1846 and 1862]
Alternative Title:
Wonderful lamp
Aladdin English
The wonderful lamp.
Publisher:
W.S. Johnson, [between 1846 and 1862]
Notes:
  • Date range taken from P. A H. Brown's London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 100.
  • First sentence: "Formerly in one of the provices of the kingdom of China, there lived a tailor whose name was Mustapha, who was so poor that could hardly subsist himself and family, which consisted of a wife and one son, named Aladdin, who was a very idle boy, insomuch, that by his behaviour he broke his father's heart, who died when Aladdin was only fourteen years of age."
  • Includes 7 woodcuts.
  • Text continues onto p. [4] of wrapper.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Buff pictorial paper wrappers. 7 woodcuts in text with hand-coloured cut on title page.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 19 x 11 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose
Call Number:
PN970 J7 A5 1846 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7421
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_J7_A5_1846