8vo. 442 pp., text translated from Persian by Frouzandeh Brelian-Djahanshahi, title in French & Persian, publisher’s original wrappers, glossary, previous owners’ name inscribed on front endpaper, otherwise copy in mint condition, Editions Imago, Paris, 2006.

Synopsis

Abuʾl-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi (c. 940–1020), or Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh (“Book of Kings”), which is the world’s longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.