One Thousand And One Nights Collection

Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho)
8664894 Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tale of the Thousand and One Nights: Simbad the Sailor's Journey: " the giant woke up
FGL5484998 Tale of the Thousand and One Nights: Simbad the Sailor's Journey: " the giant woke up and went out of the palace " Illustration by Gustave Dore

Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho)
8664860 Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elle enleva le voile qui lui cachait le visage)

Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho)
8664853 Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Il la frotta aussitot et le genie se presenta)

Soprano Zulma Bouffar in Mille & Une Nuits, 1881 (lithograph)
5893513 Soprano Zulma Bouffar in Mille & Une Nuits, 1881 (lithograph); (add.info.: Zulma Bouffar, French soprano, in the role as Abou Hassan in One Thousand and One Nights at the Theatre du Chatelet)

Aladdin and Margery Daw (colour litho)
8645167 Aladdin and Margery Daw (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aladdin and Margery Daw)

Figures from Children's Books: Aladdin (colour litho)
8651064 Figures from Children's Books: Aladdin (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aladdin)

Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho)
8664855 Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aladin se rendit au palais du roi)

He assumed a disguise suitable to his purpose, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'
3086232 He assumed a disguise suitable to his purpose, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 1938 (colour litho) by Dulac

Sinbad the Sailor, Hungary, c.1910 (print)
1996049 Sinbad the Sailor, Hungary, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales, 1001 nights. Sinbad the Sailor escape from Rocs's island. POstcard, Hungary, c. 1910); Photo © CCI.

Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho)
8664856 Les Mille et Une Nuits / Thousand and One Nights (colour litho) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Il faisait nuit et il attendit impatiemment le jour)

Some of the Forty Thieves, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (colour litho)
616789 Some of the Forty Thieves, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (colour litho) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Appearance of a fairy to the cookermaid of the sultan, c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790238 Appearance of a fairy to the cookermaid of the sultan, c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: Appearance of a fairy to the cookermaid of the sultan, from 1001 Arabian nights)

Thousand and one Nights: Simbad the Sailor's Journey: "The Giant Devours One of Simbad's Companions"
FGL5484978 Thousand and one Nights: Simbad the Sailor's Journey: "The Giant Devours One of Simbad's Companions" Illustration by Gustave Dore, 19th Century; Fototeca Gilardi.

The Princess Burns the Elfrite to Death, from The Story of the Three Calenders in 'Sinbad the Sailor
BAL4180 The Princess Burns the Elfrite to Death, from The Story of the Three Calenders in 'Sinbad the Sailor and Other Stories' (colour litho) by Dulac

Morgiana poured into each jar in turn a sufficient quantity of the boiling oil
3086234 Morgiana poured into each jar in turn a sufficient quantity of the boiling oil, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 1938 (colour litho) by Dulac

Open Sesame, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (colour litho)
616788 Open Sesame, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' (colour litho) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from questions, illustration from 'Ali Baba
3086233 Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from questions, illustration from 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 1938 (colour litho) by Dulac

Sinbad the Sailor by Edmund Dulac, 1911 (screen print)
3036018 Sinbad the Sailor by Edmund Dulac, 1911 (screen print) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of Sinbad the Sailor holding court in a grand palace)

A Princess Eating Fruit
NAT36129 A Princess Eating Fruit by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Edmund Dulac).

In the palace of Harun Al-rashid, illustration for 'The Arabian Nights', 1895 (engraving)
PER224701 In the palace of Harun Al-rashid, illustration for 'The Arabian Nights', 1895 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Thousand and One Nights).

A ball of the Arabian Nights (Persian Fete) at the countess Clémentine Félicité de... May 19, 1912. Creator: Anonymous
A ball of the Arabian Nights (Persian Fete) at the countess Clementine Felicite de Levis-Mirepoix (1874-1948), May 19, 1912, 1912. Private Collection

Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Creator: Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)
Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Private Collection

Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Creator: Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)
Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Private Collection

Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Creator: Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)
Illustration for Arabian Fairy Tales, 1932. Private Collection

Scheherazade and the Sultan, 1878. Creator: Choubrac, Alfred (1853-1902)
Scheherazade and the Sultan, 1878. Private Collection

Setting for Scheherazade, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
Setting for Scheherazade, 1910. Scheherazade is a ballet based on the legendary Arabic queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights. From The Studio Volume 118

Harun al-Rashid and the inside a hammam (From a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami), c. 1495. Found in the collection of British Library

When the young man have fallen at his feet, the Sultan held him by the hand, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

One Thousand and One Nights, 1914. Private Collection

Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing, 1885
3919256 Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing, 1885 by Pellegrini, Carlo ('Ape') (1839-89); (add.info.: Captain Richard Francis Burton - portrait standing)

Morgiana kills 37 thieves hidden in jars (drawing)
ELD4870404 Morgiana kills 37 thieves hidden in jars (drawing) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); (add.info.: Morgiana kills 37 thieves hidden in jars Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba)

Ali Baba shows the gold bags to his wife Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba
ELD4870522 Ali Baba shows the gold bags to his wife Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1945 Private Collection by Robida

The chief of the thieves pretend he's an oil merchant Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba
ELD4870453 The chief of the thieves pretend he's an oil merchant Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1945 Private Collection by Robida

The forty thieves Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1945 Private Collection
ELD4870476 The forty thieves Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1945 Private Collection by Robida

Ali baba overhears a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba
ELD4870538 Ali baba overhears a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store Illustration by Albert Robida for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1945 Private Collection by Robida

Scene from a Thousand and One Nights Tale, 1864 (illustration)
7311768 Scene from a Thousand and One Nights Tale, 1864 (illustration) by Barbant, Charles (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info)

Old man and young woman, in Arabian Nights, c. 1850 (engraving)
7298949 Old man and young woman, in Arabian Nights, c.1850 (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Engraving illustrating a volume from " 1001 Nights")

Young Women Entertaining a Sultan, c. 1850 (engraving)
7298950 Young Women Entertaining a Sultan, c.1850 (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Engraving illustrating a volume from " 1001 Nights" (Thousand and One Nights)

Sheherazade, ca 1927. Creator: Icart, Louis Justin Laurent (1888-1950)
Sheherazade, ca 1927. Private Collection

One Thousand and One Nights, The Porter of Bagdad, c. 1900 (oil on canvas)
989241 One Thousand and One Nights, The Porter of Bagdad, c.1900 (oil on canvas) by Weeks, Edwin Lord (1849-1903); 97.8x70 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: One Thousand and One Nights)

The Dervise Plucks the Hairs from the Cats Tail, 1906. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
The Dervise Plucks the Hairs from the Cats Tail, 1906. From " Chats on Old Prints", by Arthur Hayden. [T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1906]

The animal took me up with his trunk, and placed me on his shoulders, c1930. Creator: Frank C
The animal took me up with his trunk, and placed me on his shoulders, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

A breaker happily threw me on an island, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A breaker happily threw me on an island, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

Sindbad the Sailor, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Sindbad the Sailor, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

Aladdin discovers the Lamp, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Aladdin discovers the Lamp, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

The old man nimbly threw his legs over my neck, at the same time squeezing my throat, c1930. From " Stories from the Arabian Nights". [Nelson, c1930]

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Step into a world of enchantment and adventure with 'One Thousand and One Nights. ' From the captivating tales of Scheherazade to the daring escapades of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, this timeless collection transports readers to a realm filled with magic, mystery, and romance. In 1930, as depicted in Leon Bakst's stunning artwork, we witness the Sultan holding a young man's hand after he falls at his feet - a symbol of power and intrigue. Edward William Lane's plaster sculpture from 1829 captures the essence of Arabian culture that permeates these stories. Captain Richard Francis Burton, portrayed in an elegant portrait from 1885, was one of the pioneers who brought these mesmerizing tales to Western audiences. Morgiana's courageous act of killing thirty-seven thieves hidden in jars showcases her resourcefulness and bravery as illustrated in a captivating drawing. Albert Robida's illustrations for 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' bring this iconic story to life; whether it is Ali Baba showing gold bags to his wife or overhearing thieves visiting their treasure store. In another illustration from 1864, we are transported into one specific tale within 'One Thousand and One Nights, ' where scenes unfold before our eyes like vivid dreams. The engraving from c. 1850 portrays an old man accompanied by a young woman - evoking themes of wisdom passed down through generations alongside youthful vitality. Through these visual hints spanning different time periods, we catch glimpses into the rich tapestry that is 'One Thousand and One Nights. ' It continues to captivate readers across centuries with its timeless allure - transporting us on magical carpets woven with words.