Joseph von HAMMER-PURGSTALL
Geschichte der schönen Redekünste Persiens mit einer Blüthenlese aus zweyhundert Persischen Dichtern[History of the Fine Art of Eloquence in Persia, with an Anthology from Two Hundred Persian Poets]
Bey Heubner und Wolfe|Vienna 1818|21.5 x 27.8 cm|Relié
First edition of Joseph von Hammer's major history of Persian belles-lettres, published in Vienna in 1818 by Heubner und Volke. Large quarto, XII and 432 pages, with an engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece, a plate of music bound between pages 272 and 273, and an index. The work is dedicated to Silvestre de Sacy.
Contemporary half polished tan calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, chain tools and floral ornaments, saffron-coloured boards, marbled edges. Joints split at foot and more slightly at head. A handsome copy with generous margins.
Hammer's...
€3,500