McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp. Ardrossan : A. Guthrie, [between 1864 and 1892]

Alternative Title:

Arabian nights. English. Selections.

Publisher:

A. Guthrie, [between 1864 and 1892]

Notes:

Undated. Dated from place of publication and publisher's form of name.
"Old-style series"-- p. 1 of wrapper.
List of titles in "Old style series of the old favourites" on p. 4 of wrapper.
First sentence: "There once lived in a large town in China, a poor tailor of the name of Mustapha, who had an idle and careless son called Aladdin."
Includes 2 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: black & white illustration of title-page; cut in text; green pictorial wrappers; I. Mackenzie, Montreal, May/60, $2.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 10 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Aladdin (Legendary character)
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Ardrossan -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose

Call Number:

PN970 G8 A5 1864 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke 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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8234

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_G8_A5_1864