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67/699 Aboo Hassan or Caliph for a Day 67/699 Aboo Hassan or Caliph for a Day Aboo-Hassan or Caliph for a Day. London and Belfast, Marcus Ward & Co., n.d. (±1847), leporello, (2)p. (verso front and backcover), 5 chromolithogr. plates (1x double-p.), orig. chromolithogr. wr. - Verso frontcover w. horizontal dam. strip, repaired w. sellotape (w. brown offsetting). All folds strengthened w. masking tape; frontcover soiled and repaired tear w. sellotape and w. tapeghosts. = Marcus Ward's Japanese Picture Stories. A very rare leporello picture book with plates in the style of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints and ehon publications, which is rather strange considering the Arab theme.