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Lalla Rookh : An Oriental Romance (Riviere Signed Binding)
Moore, Thomas · London
- Author
- Moore, Thomas
- Date
- 1868
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to. Finely bound by Riviere in full blue morocco, gilt spine , gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers.
- Format
- Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four narrative poems with the connecting tale in prose. The name Lalla Rookh or Lala-Rukh (Persian: لاله رخ laleh rox/rukh) is an endearment frequently used in Persian poetry.
- Category
- Literature & Poetry
- Record
- S.I.3996
Lalla Rookh : An Oriental Romance
Author: Sir Thomas Moore
4to. 1868. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer. Finely bound by Riviere in full blue morocco, gilt spine , gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four narrative poems with the connecting tale in prose. The name Lalla Rookh or Lala-Rukh (Persian: لاله رخ laleh rox/rukh) is an endearment frequently used in Persian poetry.
With sixty-nine illustrations from original drawings by John Tenniel, engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalzeilk, and five ornamental pages of Persian design by T. Sulman, Jun., engraved on wood by H.N. Woods.
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