Iran: History, Geography, Culture

Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1982. Octavo. Pp. viii, 315. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, with flaps. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - Fifth edition. . more information

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Paris, Victor Lecou, 1850. Small octavo. Pp. xlvii, 162. Original printed wrappers frayed, worn paper spine with contemporary manuscript lettering, label removed from half-title with some loss, signature to title. Withal a good copy, entirely untrimmed, preserved in the original state. - - First edition thus. Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron (1731-1805), French intellectual writer, interpreter, traveler and linguistics scholar, known for his pioneering work on the translation of the Avesta into a European language. The 'Morale...' first appeared in 'Zend Avesta, ouvrage de Zoroastre...' Scarce. . more information

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Geneve, Droz; Paris, Minard, 1971. Royal octavo. Pp. xv, 152. Plus folding maps, photographic plates. Text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent, crisp interior. - - First edition. Centre de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l'École pratique des Hautes Études. Hautes études islamiques et orientales d'histoire comparée. . more information

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Geneve, Droz, 1974. Royal octavo. Pp. viii, 185. Plus an appendix of photographs, printed on fine paper, bound at end. Text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. Centre de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l'École pratique des Hautes Études. Hautes études islamiques et orientales d'histoire comparée. . more information

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Paris, Société d'Histoire de l'Orient, 1977. Royal octavo. Pp. vi, 243, (4) publisher's ads. Text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. Centre d'Études Islamiques et Orientales d'Histoire Comparée et du Centre d'Études Iraniennes. . ISBN 2902558015. more information

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Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1851. Two parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. vi, 47; 28. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter pebble-grain cloth and marbled boards, leather lettering-piece, gilt, cloth French corners, some spotting, else in a very good condition. Overall an excellent copy. - - First edition. See Wilhelm Heinsius: Allgemeines Bücher-Lexikon, 1847-51 (Graz, 1963); Augustin Bonnetty: Annales de philosophie chrétienne (Paris 1854). Rare. COPAC lists Cambridge only. Two copies in British Library. Not in German National Library, Austrian National Library, ZB Zurich, KOBV Berlin-Brandenburg, IDS Bale/Berne, Staatsbibliothek Berlin, nor in Union Catalog Hesse. Microform copy is located in Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia. One copy listed in Union Catalog Bavaria. . more information

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Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1970. Royal octavo. Pp. 140. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, with flaps. In a fine condition (signature to title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. . more information

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Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1932. Royal octavo. Pp. vii, 297. Hardcover, bound in fine, contemporary, crimson quarter morocco and matching marbled boards, raised band, gilt lettering; foxed at beginning and end. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). A very handsome copy. - - First edition. Les Grandes Figures de l'Orient, III. . more information

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Bonn, Fred. Dümmlers, 1974. Royal octavo. Pp. 133. Plus an appendix of 44 illustrations, maps, charts, and diagrams, bound at end. Plus 3 large folding maps in rear pocket. Nine tables. With a Summary in English. Bibliography. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. A BRAND NEW copy. - - First edition. Bonner Geographische Abhandlungen, Heft 52. See International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 2324. . ISBN 3427755215. more information

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Argentorati, typis & sumptibus viduae Joh. Frid. Spoor, 1710. . Small octavo. Pp. (50), 800, (204). Title printed in red and black, signature at top. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full vellum, binding laced onto text block in an older style, manuscript lettering to spine faded, sprinkled edges, evenly age-toned. Overall a fine, attractive copy, very well preserved. - - Barnabé Brisson (1531-1591); Jean Henri Lederlin (1672-1737); Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596). . more information

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München, Minerva, 1982. Octavo. Pp. xxxii, 182. Plus 10 pp. in Arabic, including a separate title-page. With a Preface and an Abstract in English. Extended bibliography. Numerous maps, plans, photographs, and sketch drawings. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. See Houchang E. Chehabi: Bibliographia Iranica. . ISBN 3597104096. more information

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Tehran, Imperial Organization for Social Services, 1976. [Paris, Claude Barbin, 1671]. Small octavo. Pp. (xxxviii), 460, (6). Frontispiece, head-and tail-pieces, illustrated initials. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's handsome brown boards, gilt ornament on both covers, spine with red dyed lettering-piece, and gilt ornaments, decorative endpapers, signature on title-page. In a very fine condition. A very attractive copy, practically unused. - - Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Reza Shah the Great in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Facsimile reprint of the 1671, Paris edition, reprinted from a copy in the Central Library of Tehran University. The Pahlavi Commemorative Reprint Series. Jean Chardin (1643-1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose 10-volume book 'The Travels of Sir John Chardin' is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East. Scarce. . more information

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Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1970. Thick royal octavo. Pp. xxi, 640, (4) publisher's ads. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's olive green cloth. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). - - Reprint of the Paris edition, 1861. . ISBN 9060222415. more information

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Boulder & London, Lynne Rienner, 1990. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 220. Bound in the original publisher's decorative cloth. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page; stamp). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. . ISBN 155587181X. more information

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Boulder & London, Lynne Rienner, 1990. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 220. Bound in the original publisher's decorative cloth. Excellent ex-lib copy (stamps, labels) in fine condition. - - First edition. . ISBN 155587181X. more information

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Téhéran, Université de Téhéran, 1974-78. Three volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. 187; 386; 263. Plates, maps, text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent interiors. - - First edition thus. Publication de l'Université de Téhéran, 1461/1-3. Texts in French, English, German. . more information

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Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1980. Royal octavo. Pp. xxxii, 596. Plus 11 geographic maps, some in colour, some folding; 8 aerial photographs bound at end; 95 text illustrations; 68 tables; 6 charts. Bibliography, index. Bound in the original publisher's stiff wrappers. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. Wissenschaftliche Länderkunden, Band 18. Herausgegeben von Werner Storkebaum. Mit 11, teils farb. Karten, 95 Abb., 68 Tab. und 6 Übers. im Text sowie 8 Bildtaf. im Anhang. . ISBN 3534062116. more information

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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1968-91. Seven volumes bound in eight. Complete set. Royal octavo. Pp. xix, 784; xvii, 946; lxxv, 624; xix, 625-1488; 734; xiii, 763; xxiii, 1087; xxiii, 1072. Plus additional suites of plates bound in each volume. Text figures, maps, plans, tables. Errata and Addenda slip to Volume I loosely inserted. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt spines, crimson lettering-piece. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent set, in part still unused. - - First edition. [Total weight: 15 kg. Extra postage is required for all destinations]. . ISBN 0521451485. more information

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Wien, Köln, Graz, Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., 1974. Royal octavo. Pp. 192. Chronology, bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original illustrated boards, endpaper maps. In a very good condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent, crisp interior. - - First edition. . ISBN 3205071131. more information

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Köln, DuMont, 1978. Royal octavo. Pp. 327. Profusely illustrated throughout. Maps, plates, appendices. Bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers with flaps. In a very fine, AS NEW condition (ownership signature on title-page). Superb copy. - - First edition. . ISBN 3770107993. more information

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Tours, Mame, 1850. Octavo. Pp. (iv) publisher's catalogue, 284. Plus engraved frontispiece and 2 other plates, each protected with tissue-guard. Additional engraved title-page with handsome vignette illustration. Serial title-page present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary fine full dark-blue morocco, gilt-panelled covers richly decorated in blind motif, handsome gilt crest and illustration on upper cover, spine in compartments, richly decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers (name erased from first), marbled edges. Occasionally sporadic foxing. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). A very handsome copy. - - Third edition. . more information

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Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner, 1979. Royal octavo. Pp. 87. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). - - First edition. Historia. Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte/Revue d'Histoire Ancienne/Journal of Ancient History/Rivista di Storia Antica. Einzelschriften, Heft 34. . ISBN 3515027866. more information

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Hamburg, Helmut Buske, 1969. Octavo. Pp. (iv), 151. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. Hamburger Philologische Studien, VII. . more information

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Paris, Bloud, 1904. 12mo. Pp. 60, (1). Signature to title-page. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit frayed, incorporating a publisher's catalogue. In a very good condition. - - Eighth edition. Science et religion, études pour le temps présent. First published 1899. Abbé Ignace-Louis Gondal (1854-1920). . more information

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Bombay, Sindhu, 1970. Octavo. Pp. xviii, 211. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. . more information

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Frankfurt am Main, Syndikat, 1980. Octavo. Pp. 294. Photographs, maps, facsimiles. Bound in the original illustrated stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. . ISBN 381080147X. more information

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Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1975. Octavo. Pp. viii, 172. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - Facsimile reprint of the Tübingen, 1888 edition. . ISBN 320100863X. more information

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Paris, Maisonneuve, 1882. Crown quarto. Pp. xx, 492. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, cloth inner hinges, spine gilt. In fine condition (ownership signature and small blank paper label on title-page). - - First edition. Charles de Harlez (1832-1899). His 'Manuel de la langue de l'Avesta' is also offered by Librarium. . more information

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Paris, Maisonneuve, 1880. Crown quarto. Pp. xii, 341. Plus facsimiles, some folding, bound at end. Tables, index. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, cloth inner hinges, spine gilt. In fine condition (ownership signature and small blank paper label on title-page). Excellent copy with bright, crisp interior. - - First edition. Charles de Harlez (1832-1899). See Geiger & Kuhn: Grundriss der iranischen Philologie (Strassburg, 1895-1901). Harlez's 'Manuel du Pehlevi des livres religieux et historiques de la Perse' is also offered by Librarium. Exceedingly scarce. . more information

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Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter, 1936. Crown quarto. Pp. 175, (1) publisher's ads. Plus 4 folding maps bound at end, and 8 plates. Appendix, chronology, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full grey cloth, red lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. . more information

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Berlin, Ditrich Reimer, 1978. Quarto. Pp. xii, 216. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). - - First edition. Deutsche Archäologisches Intitut, Abteilung Tehran. Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, Ergänungsband 5. . more information

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Bruxelles, Palais des Académies/Brussel, Paleis der Academiën, 1953. Crown quarto. Pp. 204. Plus 4 plates and a large, folding map, bound at end. Original printed wrappers; ownership signature and stamp on title-page. In a very good condition. - - First edition. Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques/Koninklije Belgische Academie, Klasse der Letteren en der Morele en Staatkundige Wetenschappen. Mémoires/Verhandelingen, Tome XLVII, Fascicule 4. . more information

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Mainz, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner, 1958. Crown quarto. Pp. 29. Plus 12 plates bound at end. Bound in the original wrappers. In a very good condition (ownership signature). - - First edition. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1958, Nr. 2. . more information

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Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1982. Octavo. Pp. 85. Frontispiece portrait. facsimiles of original texts. Bound in the original decorative stiff wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - German translation of Iqbal's 'The Development of Metaphysics in Persia'. See Hans Daiber: Bibliography of Islamic Philosophy, 4701. . more information

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Paris, Sindbad, 1980. Royal octavo. Pp. 146. Bound in the original stiff wrappers with flaps. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - French translation of Iqbal's 'The Development of Metaphysics in Persia'. . ISBN 2727400497. more information

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Tehran, Iranian Culture Foundation; Karachi, Institute of Central & West Asian Studies, 1979-82. Two works in three volumes. Crown quarto. I. Pp. xxviii, 511; xxv, 489. Plates. II. Pp. xx, 287. Colour frontispiece, plates, folding map. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt covers and spines. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent set, practically unused. - - First edition. 'A Calendar of Documents' was originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation, University of Cambridge, 1957. 'Indo-Persian Relations: A Study' represents 'a revised and amplified version' of the thesis. It was published in 1970 in Tehran by the Iranian Culture Foundation. . more information

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Neuchâtel, Baconniere, 1968. Octavo. Pp. 204. Profusely illustrated throughout. Plates (some in colour), folding maps. Bound in the original stiff wrappers with integrated pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. With a preface by professor Roman Ghirshman and a biographical essay by professor Eddy Bauer. . more information

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Erlangen, Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft; Palm & Enke, 1978. Royal octavo. Pp. 165, (4) publisher's catalogue. Plus appendix of 20 photographs, bound at end. Plus 4 folding maps at rear pocket. Text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent, crisp copy, practically unused. - - First edition. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 8. . more information

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Liége, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres; Paris, E. Droz, 1933. Crown quarto. Pp. 128. Plus a folding table and a plate. Glossary. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit frayed along edges. In fine internal condition (signature to title-page). - - First edition. A dedication copy, dedicated by Professor Bricteux, both in neat student's Hebrew and in French, to the Abbot Van der Straeten. . more information

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Erlangen, Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft; Palm & Enke, 1973. Royal octavo. Pp. 197, (3) publisher's catalogue. Plus appendix of 20 photographs, bound at end. Plus 3 folding maps at rear pocket, one in colour. Text figures. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent, crisp copy, practically unused. - - First edition. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Heft 33. . ISBN 3920405323. more information

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Publications de l'Union des Associations des Etudiants Musulmans a l'étranger Sympathisants de l'Organisation des Moudjahedines de Peuple d'Iran. Octavo. Pp. 200. Numerous photographs, some in colour, facsimiles, etc. Bound in the original illustrated stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). - - First edition. . more information

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Paris, Victor lecoffre, 1904. 12mo. Pp. (vi), xix, 372. Plus a folding map. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, cloth inner hinges, upper joint tender, signature on title-page, old stamp on verso. A very good copy in fine internal condition. - - Second edition, published at the same year as the first, which appeared as a dissertation. Bibliotheque de l'enseignement de l'histoire ecclésiastique. . more information

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Stanford, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1978. Royal octavo. Pp. xxii, 550. Colour frontispiece; colour plate. Plus an appendix of photographs. Text figures, tables. Including bibliography and a glossary of terms. Hardcover, bound in the original publishers' full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, with (near fine) dust-jacket. Endpaper maps. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. . ISBN 0817966412. more information

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Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1973. Crown quarto. Pp. 150. Biographies. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. . more information

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Leiden, Brill, 1977. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 168. Indices. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt cover and spine. In a very fine, as-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. - - First edition. Cincinnati Classical Studies, New Series, Volume I. David Malcolm Lewis (1928-1994). . ISBN 9004054278. more information

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Paris, Dérache, 1844. Royal octavo. Three parts in one volume. Pp. 206, (2). Original printed wrappers, frayed, paper spine with contemporary manuscript lettering, worn, remnants of label removed from half-title, signature to title, first few leaves with small stains in margins. Withal a good copy, entirely untrimmed, preserved in the original state. - - First edition. Joachim Ménant (1820-1899) was a French magistrate and Orientalist. He studied law and became vice-president of the civil tribunal of Rouen and a member of the appeals court. He published many works on Assyriology and is best known for his studies on cuneiform inscriptions. . more information

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Hamburg, Helmut Buske, 1984. Crown quarto. Pp. 171. Including 43 plates. Plus 4 large folding tables in rear pocket. Text illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. In a very fine condition (signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. - - First edition. Forum Phoneticum, 31. . ISBN 3871186139. more information

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Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931. Crown quarto. Pp. xxiv, 266. Hardcover, bound in contemporary three-quarter cloth and marbled boards, slightly rubbed at extremities, spine gilt, with the original publisher's printed wrappers bound-in; ownership signature on title-page, small stamp erased. In a very good condition. Overall an excellent copy with fine interior. - - Second, completely revised and corrected edition. Collection Linguistique, XXXIV. Emile Benveniste (1902-76), French scholar, eminent Iranist, and one of the greatest linguists of his era. Old Persian was one of Benveniste's favored fields. In 1931 he published this new edition, revised and enlarged, of Meillet's 'Grammaire du vieux--perse', a work rendered necessary by the progress of research. This book has remained a classic ever since. (Gilbert Lazard: Encyclopaedia Iranica). . more information

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Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931. Crown quarto. Pp. xxiv, 266. Hardcover, bound in full black cloth, old inscription on first flyleaf. In fine condition. An excellent copy, practically unused. - - Second, completely revised and corrected edition. Collection Linguistique, XXXIV. Emile Benveniste (1902-76), French scholar, eminent Iranist, and one of the greatest linguists of his era. Old Persian was one of Benveniste's favored fields. In 1931 he published this new edition, revised and enlarged, of Meillet's 'Grammaire du vieux--perse', a work rendered necessary by the progress of research. This book has remained a classic ever since. (Gilbert Lazard: Encyclopaedia Iranica). . more information

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Washington, USA Government, 1989. Tall crown quarto. Pp. xxxiv, 344. Maps (folding), illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original illustrated boards. In fine condition. - - Fourth edition, first printing. TO THIS WE ADD: 'Persian Gulf States Country Studies'. (Second edition 1984, first printing 1985). Tall crown quarto. Pp. xxii, 542. Hardcover, bound in the original illustrated boards. In fine condition. . more information

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