1890 Scarce Book - Tales of the Saracens by Alexandra Hutton. Illustrated.
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Author: Hutton, Barbara (Mrs. Alexander). (Edward H. Corbould, illustrator)
Title: Tales of the Saracens.
Publisher: London: Griffith Farran Okeden and Welsh, no date (1890).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: 308 pages + (22) publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown, inner hinges of the endpaper worn but still tight - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece and the beautiful three full-page illustrations by Edward H. Corbould.
The book: Attractive and scarce edition of Tales of the Saracens by Mrs. Alexander. From the author: "...you will find in the "Tales of the Saracens" several old friends whom you have met with in those fascinating pages, as well as the history of pagan heroes whose false religion and profanation of our Saviour's tomb provoked the great Crusades of the Western world in the days of old." Chapters include:- 'Mohammed, The Warrior Prophet', 'Abu Beker, The First of the Caliphs,' Othman the Third, and Ali the Fourth Caliph', 'The House of Ommiades', 'Haroun-al Rashid', and 'The last of the Moslems'.
The illustrator: Edward Henry Corbould, R.I. (5 December 1815, in London – 18 January 1905, in London) was a British artist noted as a historical painter and watercolorist.