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The Gulistan; or Rose-Garden... translated for the first time into prose and verse,...
by SA'DI [SAADI], of Shiraz; Edward Eastwick (translator)
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Hertford, Stephen Austin, bookseller to the East India College, 1852. . 8vo, xxx, [ii], 308, [ii] (errata and ads) pp., 4 illustrations printed in colour by M. & N. Hanhart, text within decorative red borders, crimson polished calf gilt by Bayntun (circa 1968), covers with double gilt fillet, spine in six compartments, morocco labels to second and third, others gilt, all edges gilt, a fine copy.
A beautifully bound English translation of the Gulistan by the renowned sufi poet Sa'di of Shiraz, one of the most important works of prose in the Persian language. Eastwick was the librarian in the East India College, Haileybury
A beautifully bound English translation of the Gulistan by the renowned sufi poet Sa'di of Shiraz, one of the most important works of prose in the Persian language. Eastwick was the librarian in the East India College, Haileybury
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- Title
- The Gulistan; or Rose-Garden... translated for the first time into prose and verse,...
- Author
- SA'DI [SAADI], of Shiraz; Edward Eastwick (translator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Hertford, Stephen Austin, bookseller to the East India College, 1852.
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