12mo. Volume I: x, 240 pp., colour engraved frontispiece, 9 colour engraved plates / Volume II: 336 pp., colour frontispiece portrait, 9 colour engraved plates / Volume III: 233 pp., colour engraved frontispiece, 9 colour engraved plates, contemporary full red morocco fitted in modern box, all edges gilt, title gilt on decorated spine, beautiful binding, occasional spotting, mainly to margins, bookplate of Jacques Pouquet on front endpaper of volume 1, otherwise set in very good condition, printed for R. Ackermann, London, s. d. [1822].

Synopsis

Frederick Shoberl (1775-1853), was an English journalist, editor and illustrator. He created his own hand-coloured engravings for The World in Miniature, a series which was published during the 1820’s by R. Akermann in London. The series covered different parts of the world including Persia. It is a description of the country, characters, manners, customs, dress, religion, women, and other particularities of different nations.
‘The World in Miniature: Persia’ was the fifth title in the series. According to Abbey ‘The aim of this interesting series was to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of man’.
Bibliographic reference: Tooley 515.