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Tehran: Mirza Mahmud Tajir Khouansari, 1904 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. PERSIAN TEXT, FINELY LITHIOGRAPH ILUUSTRATED WITH A PORTRAIT OF MUHAMMAD SHAH QAJAR, MUZAFFER UD DIN SHAH QAJAR, MINISTER HUSSEIN PACHA KHAN, AND FOURTY ONE (41) FULL PAGE LITHIOGRAPH ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SEVERAL PARTIAL WOODCUTTINGS. FINE LITHIOGRAPH PRINTED BOOK MAINLY SCRIBED IN FINE FARISI TA'LIQ SCRIPT BY MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN KNOWN AS 'IMAD UL KUTTAB IN 1322 AH (1904 AD). SOME PLATES CORNERS DECORATED INGOLD. SCRIBED IN 6 COLUMNS PER PAGE. 7 PP INTRODUCTION, 16 PP BIOGRAPHY OF FIRDAOUSI PRINTED BY SAYYID MURTAZA BEDESTYARI MIRZA HASSAN IN 1907 WITH FINE WOODCUTTING OF AL FIRDAOUSI'S SHRINE. FOUR PARTS IN ONE VOLUME: 171 PP, 123 PP, 153 PP, 133 PP. WITH SUPPLEMENTARY ON THE SHAHNAMA (DESTAN I DAHHAK VE JAMSHID) IN 55 PP, 17 PP VOCABULARY AND INDEX. FULL WOODCUTTING PAGE OF MINISTER HUISSEIN PACHA KHAN EMIR I JENG (MINISTER OF WAR). CONTEMPORARY FINE BINDING..

A huge complete book in four parts, with many miniatures of which some are on full pages. Some leaves loose, some some corners restoration, some small cutting and light spots. A lithograph print

Istanbul: al- Matba'a al 'Amira al- Sultaniyya (The Imperial press), 1866 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ahmad Faris was born in Lebanon for a Maronite family who called him Faris. He travelled to Egypt then to Malta where he became the director of the American printing house. He travelled in Europe and Tunisia where he converted to Islam and invited to Isnbul where he lived for several years and established al- Jawa'ib press and newspaper in 1277 AH. which was the first Arabic political magazine to be issued there for 27 years. Arabic text in 609 p. Folio, in contemporary Ottoman style decorated soft leather binding with occational minor holes in the back cover, Finely restorated. Limited cuts in the upper margins of the first page didn't affect the text. Minor cut in the upper right corner of the last page with one or tow words missing. Very rare excellent copy overall..

Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Arabic text, 2 parts in one volume, 108 p introduction by the editor, the proffesor in the Egyptian University, Abd ul Wahhab Azzam, 389, 343 p with several fine illustration plates of miniatures. Limited edition to 1200 copies. The Shahnama was originally written by the Persian poet, Abu al Qasim al Firdawsi. This important Arabic edition was translated by al- Fatih b. 'Ali al- Bindari (al- Bundari?) D. 643 AH- 1245 AD. Compaired with the original persian text, translation is partly completed, corrected, annotated and introduced by A. Azzam. Contamporary hard cover binding. Inventory no. 000441 for the Persian work Printed by the name of Abu al Fatih Shah Qajar..