"Visions of Jinn is chock-full of interesting information and beautiful pictures."--Children's Literature Association Quarterly "This is a book that has been begging to be written, and it has found exactly the right author. Irwin is one of today's experts on all matters relating to The Arabian Nights.[A]bout two-thirds of the pages are beautifully reproduced examples of illustrations in their original color or black and white.[W]ill be fascinating to all studying the history of book illustration, both the art and the technology.[A]n essential purchase for comprehensive collections on the history of book illustration or specialized collections on historical world literature."--Library Journal "Visions of the Jinn is part bibliographical exposition, part dazzling lantern show: its 164 colour-saturated facsimiles, photographs and black-and-white images and their accompanying analysis offer a visually stunning and sensitive account."--Times Literary Supplement "A scholarly but lively overview of the history of illustrating the Nights in the West.

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