8vo. 491 pp., double columns, 2 frontispiece maps, 86 steel engraved plates hors text (some folding), later half morocco over marbled boards, light foxing throughout, plates clean, previous owner’s inscription and note on fly leaf, a very small red ink mark on title pages, otherwise copy in very good condition, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1841.

Synopsis

A history and description of the Persian people; their religion, customs, industry, etc. The author was the Royal Librairian at Paris.
Bibliographic references: Diba 162; Engelmann 65; Ghani 108; Schwab 145.