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JACKSON, A.V. Williams

Early Persian Poetry from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi.


Macmillan, New York 1920. First edition. 8vo., xxiv, 125pp., 10 photographic plates, original green cloth gilt, blind-stamped covers, a very good copy.

Essays on periods and style of Persian poetry with selected texts in English translation. The last book of the author is, as he calls it, "a labour of love", and the result of "years of devotion to the study of Persia ... and four trips in 1903, 1907, 1910 and 1918." Ghani p497.

Price: £ 80
US Dollar Price: $ 160
Stock Number: 46348
Image of JACKSON, A.V. Williams Early Persian Poetry from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi.

Image of JACKSON, A.V. Williams Early Persian Poetry from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi.

Image of JACKSON, A.V. Williams Early Persian Poetry from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi.

Image of JACKSON, A.V. Williams Early Persian Poetry from the beginnings down to the time of Firdausi.