Lalla Rookh : an oriental romance /
The daughter of the Mughal emperor is engaged to the young king of Bactria. She goes to meet him, but falls in love with a poet she meets on the way. As Lalla Rookh enters the palace of her bridegroom she is delighted to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row,
1817.
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| Edition: | [Second edition]. |
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| Summary: | The daughter of the Mughal emperor is engaged to the young king of Bactria. She goes to meet him, but falls in love with a poet she meets on the way. As Lalla Rookh enters the palace of her bridegroom she is delighted to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she was engaged. |
| Local Note: | Manuscript note by Desmond Fitzgerald pasted on front free endpaper: "These three volumes belonged to Daniel O'Connell, the Irish leader who won Catholic emancipation (1829) . His copy of Moore's Lalla Rookh is presumably first edition". Ink stamp at the top of Fitzgerald's note: "Fairy Hill, Bray, Co. Wicklow" ; inscribed, in pencil, at the bottom of Fitzgerald's note: "Copy sold [for?] $450.00 in N.Y., 1929 Kern sale, 1964 inscribed copy [89.00?]". Former owner's inscription on dedication page: "O'Connell, Erin go bragh". Ink stamp on dedication page and back pastedown: Treas. Rm. 133490. Illegible inscription on unnumbered page 406. |
RBSC Large
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PR 5054 .L4 1817c
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