L12405

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Lot 288
  • 288

Persia.

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 10 antiquarian volumes, including:
  • paper
Sa’di. [Gulistan] Rosarium politicum, sive amoenum sortis humanae theatrum, de persico in latinum versum, necessariis notis illustratum a Georgio Gentio. Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1651, first edition, folio (300 x 195mm.), Persian, Arabic and Latin text, contemporary vellum, title slightly soiled, occasional minor worming at inner margin without loss, binding soiled and somewhat worn
Labrosse, J. Gazophylacium linguae persarum. Amsterdam: officina Jansonio-Waesbergiana, 1684, first edition, folio (345 x 210mm.), text in Italian, Latin, French and Persian, engraved additional title, modern calf-backed boards, first 3 leaves restored at edges, somewhat browned and spotted
[Mir Khavand] The History of Persia… render’d into English by Captain John Stevens. London: J. Brown, 1715, 8vo (192 x 106mm.), engraved frontispiece, nineteenth-century half calf, slightly browned and spotted
Anon. The Secret History of Persia. London: M. Cooper, 1745, 12mo (163 x 96mm.), half-title, contemporary calf, binding rubbed, rebacked
And 6 others, together 10 volumes

Catalogue Note

The other books in this lot are:

The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan… printed for J. Brindley. no date [18th century]
Laet, J. de. Persia seu regni Persici status. Elzevir, 1647, second edition
Histoire  de Thamas Kouli-kan. Paris, 174[0?], title torn with some loss (including last number of date)
Sanson, N. Voyage, ou relation de l’etat present du royaume de Perse. Paris, 1695, lacks map and one plate
Balfour, F. The Forms of Herkern. Calcutta, 1781
Vincent, W. Voyage de Néarque. Paris, 1800

These additional books are sold not subject to return