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Bibliographic Citation:

The voyages & travels of Sindbad the sailor : giving a full account of his seven wonderful voyages, and his many astonishing escapes from shipwreck, famine, &c. and at last realizes an immense fortune ... London : Printed and published by J. Fairburn, Minories, [between 1820 and 1840]

Alternative Title:

Voyages and travels of Sindbad the sailor
Voyages of Sindbad the sailor

Contributor:

Fairburn, John, fl. 1819-1843, printer

Publisher:

Printed and published by J. Fairburn, Minories, [between 1820 and 1840]

Notes:

"Embellished with six coloured engravings."
Engravings are 6 woodcuts on one folded sheet, hand-coloured.
First sentence: "During the reign of the caliph Haroun Alraschid, there lived in the city of Bagdad a poor porter named Hindbad."
Undated; date range from P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, c. 1800-1870 (address given by Brown as 110 Minores for this period but in the imprint no street no. given although spaces are available).
Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper.
Provenance: Gift of the estate of Andrea Henderson, 2006.
Rebound, with original printed paper wrappers bound in: speckled calf with gilt double-fillet border, gilt spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With: The sailor brother / by S. Strickland. London : Dean and Munday, [ca. 1825]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.hand-coloured, 15 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Sindbad the Sailor (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Travel and Adventure

Call Number:

PN970 F35 S56 1820 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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7869

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_F35_S56_1820_003809809