Edmund Dulac - ''Stories from The Arabian Nights''

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"Stories from The Arabian Nights" (1907)

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

Dulac's illustrations to "Stories from The Arabian Nights" masterfully capture the fantastic elements of the tales through a combination

of brilliantly coloured characters and soft, impressionistic backgrounds while in other scenes, a brooding and mysterious atmosphere is

created through the use of a darker palette.

As noted in "The Dial" (Vol. 43: 1907), the publishing house of Hodder & Stoughton (London) produced "Stories from The Arabian

Nights" for the 1907 Christmas season as a companion volume to "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" - illustrated by Arthur Rackham -

that had been so successful the previous year.

The collection of stories illustrated in "Stories from the Arabian Nights" (1907) include: 'The Fisherman and the Genie'; 'The Story of the

King of the Ebony Isles'; 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'; 'The Story of the Magic Horse'; 'The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers'; and

'The Story of the Princess of Deryabar'.

The contemporary review from "The New York Times" (21 December, 1907) provides the following description of Dulac's illustrations:

For real charm - a charm quite comparable to Scheherazade's own - this volume depends

upon the indescribably quaint and bewitching illustrations provided by Edmund Dulac ...

The quality ... is best indicated by saying that the color prints give the impression of

mosaics of mother of pearl and rich jewels with the light behind them - a miniature and

sublimate stained glass effect, divorced from the ecclesiastic stiffness of real stained glass,

and made (in the case of the female figures particularly) infinitely graceful, a fit medium for

fairies, houris, genii, goblins, women, and last, but not least, children; admitting, too, of

delightfully humorous effect for all the grace and delicacy of it.

As an exquisite instance of the purely beautiful, graceful, and alluring among the fifty

illustrations in the present volume may be noted the picture representing the Princess in

the story of the Magic Horse reclining Orientally at her toilet attended by her maidens; as

an example of the humorous nothing could be better than the picture which represents

Ali Baba, squat and bearded, returning from the cave of the Forty Thieves with his three

laden asses - "a well-satisfied man".

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Cover for ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907), retold by Lawrence Housman and illustrated by Edmund Dulac

To the left, we show a rare copy of "Stories from The Arabian Nights" (as retold by Lawrence Housman). This

First Edition co-jointly published by Hodder & Stoughton (London) and Charles Scribner's Sons (New York)

in 1907.

It is noteworthy that the printing for both publishing houses was undertaken in the United Kingdom by

Butler and Tanner.

This example retains the original decoratively gilt-, silver- and blue-stamped burnt-orange cloth cover.

On the right, we show the illustrated

Title Page to this First Edition.

Title Page for ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907), illustrated by Edmund Dulac

Critical reviews published elsewhere, in both the United States and Great Britain, also provided high praise for Dulac's artwork. On such critique was published in

"The New York Tribune" prior the Christmas of 1907:

The book is one of the most artistic of the year. He has a feeling for the ineffably strange

note that characterises the ancient romances.

The review published in "The Studio" (Vol. 43: 1908) following some months after publication continued to praise the work of the publishers and Dulac:

The perennial charm of the "Arabian Nights," which will endure so long as human nature

remains the same, has been well preserved by the collaborators in the production of the

new illustrated edition. In his interesting preface Mr. Housman aptly defines the cause of

the success of the great story-teller, Scheherazade, when he says procrastination was

the basis of her art, for though the task she accomplished was splendid and memorable,

it is rather in the quantity than in the quality of her invention – in the long-spun-out

performance of what could have been done far more shortly – that she becomes a figure

of dramatic interest. "The idea," he adds, "which binds the stories together is greater and

more romantic than the stories themselves, and though . . . the diurnal interruption in their

flow is more or less taken for granted, we are never quite robbed of the sense that it is

Scheherazade who is speaking, Scheherazade the loquacious, the self-possessed,

sitting up in bed at the renewed call of dawn to save her neck for the round of another

day." The stories selected for re-telling are those of 'The Fisherman and the Genie',

'The King of the Ebony Isles', 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'The Magic Horse',

'The Wicked Half-Brothers' and 'The Princess of Derzabar' and in the fifty fine pictorial

interpretations of thrilling incidents in them Mr. Dulac displays considerable imaginative

power. His colour scheme is clever, and many of his drawings are well composed and

full of poetic suggestion.

Our Greeting Cards and Fine Art Posters showing the artwork of Edmund Dulac from

"Stories from The Arabian Nights" (1907)

Greeting Card sample showing an Edmund Dulac illustration from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Front of Greeting Card

(with envelope)

For connoisseurs of Dulac's work, we have prepared sets of 50 Greeting Cards (approximately 7x5" on

premium acid-free card stock) displaying each of his colour images for the First Edition of "Stories from

The Arabian Nights" and on the left and right, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

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Greeting Card sample showing the tipped-on information to the rear regarding the profiled illustration, ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907) and Edmund Dulac

Rear of Greeting Card

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When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in 'hommage' to the hand-crafted approach

typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is hand-finished and the

images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each card carries information about

Edmund Dulac, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the interior of the cards blank so that you may write

your own personal message.

Should you wish to order a reproduction print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below. Each of our

Fine Art Posters is prepared with archival quality papers and inks - and also accompanied by information about Edmund Dulac,

this suite and the profiled illustration.

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In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Edmund Dulac.

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Edmund Dulac - the colour illustrations for "Stories from The Arabian Nights" (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Princess Scherherazade, the heroine of the thousand-and-one nights' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'And there in its midst stood a mighty Genie' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'When having brought into submission all the rest of my race' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'No sooner had the monarch seen them, so strange of form and so brilliant and diverse in hue' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Frontispiece

Princess Scheherazadè, the heroine

of the thousand-and-one nights

The Fisherman and the Genie

And there in its midst stood a

mighty Genie

The Fisherman and the Genie

When having brought into

submission all the rest

of my race

The Fisherman and the Genie

No sooner had the monarch seen

them, so strange of form and so

brilliant and diverse in hue

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Edmund Dulac - 'Thereupon the damsel upset the pan into the fire' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Recalling the fisherman by a swift messenger' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'He arrived within sight of a palace of shining marble' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'The Queen of the Ebony Isles' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Fisherman and the Genie

Thereupon the damsel upset

the pan into the fire

The Fisherman and the Genie

Recalling the fisherman by a swift messenger

The Fisherman and the Genie

He arrived within sight of a

palace of shining marble

The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles

The Queen of the Ebony Isles

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Edmund Dulac - 'Supposing me asleep, they began to talk' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'The cup of wine which she give him eachnight contains a sleeping-draught' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'She went on to vent her malice upon the city and islands' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Began to heap upon me terms of the most violent and shameful abuse' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles

Supposing me asleep, they began to talk

The Story of the King

of the Ebony Isles

The cup of wine which she gives him

each night contains a sleeping-draught

The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles

She went on to vent her malice upon

the city and islands

The Story of the King

of the Ebony Isles

Began to heap upon me terms of the

most violent and shameful abuse

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Edmund Dulac - 'Thus by her wicked machination the city became a lake' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Great was the astonishment of the Vizier and the Sultan's escort' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Their Chief in a low but distinct voice uttered the two words, ''Open Sesame!''' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Ali Baba departed for the town a well satisfied man' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Story of the King

of the Ebony Isles

Thus by her wicked machination

the city became a lake

The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles

Great was the astonishment of the Vizier

and the Sultan's escort

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Their Chief in a low but distinct voice uttered

the two words, "Open Sesame!"

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba departed for the town

a well satisfied man

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Edmund Dulac - 'As soon as he came in she began to jeer at him' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Greater still was the exultation of a greedy nature like that of Cassim's' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from questions' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'This way and that she led him blindfolded' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

As soon as he came in she

began to jeer at him

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Greater still was the exultation of a

greedy nature like that of Cassim's

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Mustapha doubted much of his

ability to refrain from questions

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

This way and that she led him blindfolded

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Edmund Dulac - 'Having transformed himself by disguise' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - '''Sir,'' said he, ''I have brought my oil a great distance to sell to-morrow''' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'She poured into each jar in turn a sufficient quantity of the boiling oil to scald its occupant to death' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'When Morgiana, who had remained all this time on the watch' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Having transformed himself by disguise

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

"Sir," said he, "I have brought my oil

a great distance to sell to-morrow"

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

She poured into each jar in turn a

sufficient quantity of the boiling

oil to scald its occupant to death

Ali Baba and the

Forty Thieves

When Morgiana, who had remained

all this time on the watch

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Edmund Dulac - 'Then for the last figure of all she drew out the dagger' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'At so arrogant a claim all the courtiers burst into loud laughter' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'As he descended, the daylight in which hitherto he had been traveling faded from view' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'He saw black eunuchs lying asleep' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Then for the last figure of all she

drew out the dagger

The Magic Horse

At so arrogant a claim all the

courtiers burst into loud laughter

The Magic Horse

As he descended, the daylight in which

hitherto he had been traveling faded

from view

The Magic Horse

He saw black eunuchs

lying asleep

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Edmund Dulac - 'She gave orders for a rich banquet to be prepared' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Till the tale of her mirror contented her' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'She cried - ''O miserable man, what sorry watch it this thou has kept' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'All this time the Princess had been watching the combat from the roof of the palace' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Magic Horse

She gave orders for a rich

banquet to be prepared

The Magic Horse

Till the tale of her mirror contented her

The Magic Horse

She cried: "O miserable man, what sorry

watch is this thou has kept"

The Magic Horse

All this time the Princess had been

watching the combat from the roof

of the palace

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Edmund Dulac - 'In the garden of the summer palace all was silence and solitude' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Sat by the lake and solaced themselves sweetly with love' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'It was in vain that all the wisest physicians in the country were summoned into consultation' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'For many months he traveled without clue' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Magic Horse

In the garden of the summer

palace all was silence and

solitude

The Magic Horse

Sat by the lake and solaced

themselves sweetly with love

The Magic Horse

It was in vain that all the wisest physicians in the

country were summoned into consultation

The Magic Horse

For many months he traveled

without clue

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Edmund Dulac - 'And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed and sang' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'There appeared before him an old man of venerable appearance' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Pirouze, the fairest and most honourable born' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Reaching his farthest wounded the giant in the knee' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Magic Horse

And ever with the tears falling

down from her eyes she sighed

and sang

The Story of the Wicked

Half-Brothers

There appeared before him

an old man of venerable

appearance

The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers

Pirouzè, the fairest and most honourably born

The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers

Reaching his farthest wounded the giant in the knee

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Edmund Dulac - 'The lady advanced to meet him' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'A city among the Isles named Deryabar' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'Presently int he distance he perceived a light' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'The ship struck upon a rock' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Story of the Wicked

Half-Brothers

The lady advanced to meet him

The Story of the Princess

of Deryabar

A city among the Isles

named Deryabar

The Story of the Princess

of Deryabar

Presently in the distance he

perceived a light

The Story of the Princess

of Deryabar

The ship struck upon a rock

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Edmund Dulac - 'And presently, feeling myself lifted by men's hands' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'The Princess of Deryabar' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'She found to her grief the place where Codadad had lain left vacant' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'She and her companion arrived at the city of Harran' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar

And presently, feeling myself lifted by men's hands

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar

The Princess of Deryabar

The Story of the Princess

of Deryabar

She found to her grief the place where

Codadad had lain left vacant

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar

She and her companion arrived at the city of Harran

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Edmund Dulac - 'And taking her hand he led her to the apartments of the Queen Pirouze' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

Edmund Dulac - 'After these, maidens on white horses, with heads unveiled, bearing in their hands baskets of precious stones' from ''Stories from The Arabian Nights'' (1907)

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar

And taking her hand he led her to the apartments

of the Queen Pirouzè

The Story of the Princess of Deryabar

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