Iran: History, Geography, Culture

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1 ABDU’L-BAHÁ. TRADUITES DE PERSAN PAR HIPPOLYTE DREYFUS. LES LEÇONS DE SAINT-JEAN-D’ACRE. 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.
€ 20 --



2 ATKIN, Muriel. Russia and Iran, 1780-1828. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1980.

Royal octavo. Pp. xiii, 216. Plus 2 full-page maps. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s full red cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine, as-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition.
€ 120 --



3 AUBIN, Jean (Editor). Le monde Iranien et l’Islam. Sociétés et Cultures. Tome I. (Hautes études islamiques et orientales d’histoire comparée). Genève, 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.
€ 40 --



4 AUBIN, Jean (Editor). Le monde Iranien et l’Islam. Sociétés et Cultures. Tome II. (Hautes études islamiques et orientales d’histoire comparée). Genève, 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.
€ 60 --



5 AUBIN, Jean (Editor). Le monde Iranien et l’Islam. Sociétés et Cultures. Tome III. Paris, Société d’Histoire de l’Orient, 1975.

Royal octavo. Pp. vi, 132. Plus many plates, printed on fine paper. 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.
€ 60 --



6 AUBIN, Jean (Editor). Le monde Iranien et l’Islam. Sociétés et Cultures. Tome IV. 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.
€ 60 --



7 BARTHOLD, W.; Edited With an Introduction by C. E. Bosworth. An Historical Geography of Iran. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1984.

Royal octavo. Pp. xv, 285. Maps. Bibliography, index, footnotes. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering on spine. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First English edition. Translated from the Russian (Moscow, 1971) by Svat Soucek.
€ 120 --



8 BEHMENJÂR BEN EL-MARZUBÂN [BAHMANGAR IBN AL-MARZUBAN]. SALOMON POPER (HRSG.). BEHMENJÂR BEN EL-MARZUBÂN, der Persische Aristoteliker aus Avicenna’s Schule. Zwei metaphysische Abhandlungen von ihm, Arabisch und Deutsch, mit Anmerkungen. 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 zu Berlin, nor in Union Catalog Hesse. Microform copy is located in Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia. One copy listed in Union Catalog Bavaria.
€ 450 --



9 BEHZAD, Faramarz. Adam Olearius’ “Persianischer Rosenthal”. Untersuchungen zur Übersetzung von Saadis “Golestan” im 17. Jahrhundert. 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.
€ 60 --



10 BELLAN, Lucien-Louis. Chah ‘Abbas I, sa vie son histoire. 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.
€ 90 --



11 BENVENISTE, E. Titres et noms propres en Iranien ancien. Paris, C. Klincksieck, 1966.

Royal octavo. Pp. 132. With the original Addenda Slip laid-in. Bound in the publisher’s printed wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Travaux de l’Institut d’Etudes Iraniennes de l’Université de Paris, I.
€ 60 --



12 BRAUN, Cornel. Teheran, Marrakesch und Madrid. Ihre Wasserversorgung mit Hilfe von Qanaten. Eine stadtgeographische Konvergenz auf kulturhistorischer Grundlage. (Bonner geographische Abhandlungen). 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.
€ 320 --



13 BRISSON, Barnabé. Jean Henri Lederlin; Friedrich Sylburg. [Barnabae Brisonii, Barnabas Brissonius; Joh. Henrici Lederlini; Sylburgii]. De regio Persarum principatu libri tres, post Cl. Sylburgii editionem, praeter complures sublatos errores, testimoniorum Graecorum versione Latina auctiores. Additis sparsim observationibus, adjectisque indicibus necessariis, Cura et Opera Joh. Henrici Lederlini. [Barnabae Brisonii Senatus Parisiensis Praesidis De regio Persarvm principatv libri tres, Post Cl. Sylbvrgii editionem, Praeter complures sublatos errores, testimoniorvm Graecorvm versione Latina avctiores, Additis sparsim observationibus, Adjectisque Indicibus necessariis, Cvra et opera Joh. Henrici Lederlini, Linguar. Orient. Prof. Publ. Ord.]. 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).
€ 680 --



14 CARLS, Hans-Georg. Alt-Hormoz - ein historischer Hafen an der Straße [Strasse] von Hormoz (Iran). Retrospekt und Prospekt zu einem ungelösten archäologischen, geographischen und orientalischen Problem. 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.
€ 320 --



15 CHARDIN, Jean [John]. Le couronnement de Soleïmaan troisième [IIIme], roy de Perse. Et ce qui s’est passé de plus memorable dans les deux premieres années de son Regne. 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.
€ 480 --



16 COAN, Frederick G. Yesterdays in Persia and Kurdistan. Claremont, Saunders Studio Press, 1939.

Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 284. Frontispiece portrait of the Reverend Coan. Plus 28 other plates. Illustrated initials. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s green cloth, decoration on cover, endpaper maps; paper over first inner hinge partly cracked. In a very good condition. Bright interior, a handsome copy.

- - First edition, first printing.
€ 100 --



17 DE MEYNARD, Casimir Barbier. Dictionnaire géographique, historique et littéraire de la Perse et des contrées adjacentes. Extrait en traduction française, avec quelques textes originaux, du Mo’djem el-bouldân, dictionnaire des pays, de Ibn Abdallah el-Roumi el-Hamawi Yaqout, 1179-1229 A. D. et complété à l’aide de documents arabes et persans pour la plupart inédits, avec une préface analytique et des notes critiques. 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.
€ 220 --



18 DORRAJ, Manochehr. From Zarathustra to Khomeini: Populism and Dissent in Iran. 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.
€ 110 --



19 DORRAJ, Manochehr. From Zarathustra to Khomeini: Populism and Dissent in Iran. 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.
€ 80 --



20 DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, Jacques. Opera Minora. I. Philologie et histoire de l’Iran; II. Zarathustra et sa religion; III. Iran, Grèce, Israël etc. [THREE VOLUMES]. 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.
€ 260 --



21 EHLERS, Eckart. Iran. Grundzüge einer geographischen Landeskunde. 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.
€ 280 --



22 FISHER, W. B.; Ilya Gershevitch; Ehsan Yarshater; R. N. Frye; J. A. Boyle; Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart; Peter Avery, Gavin Hambly, Charles Melville. The Cambridge History of Iran. I. The Land of Iran; II. The Median and Achaemenian Periods; III/1-2. The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods; IV. The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs; V. The Saljuq and Mongol Periods; VI. The Timurid and safavid Periods; VII. From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. [COMPLETE SET OF EIGHT VOLUMES]. 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].
€ 1200 --



23 FLOOR, Willem. A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods, 1500-1925. New York, Persian Heritage Foundation, Bibliotheca Persica, 1998.

Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 573. Glossary, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s full cloth, silver lettering and decoration to cover and spine. In a very fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Persian Studies Series, 17.
€ 260 --



24 FLOOR, Willem. A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods, 1500-1925. New York, Persian Heritage Foundation, Bibliotheca Persica, 1998.

Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 573. Glossary, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s full cloth, silver lettering and decoration to cover and spine. A BRAND NEW copy.

- - First edition. Persian Studies Series, 17.
€ 360 --



25 GABRIEL, Alfons. Die religiöse Welt des Iran. Entstehung und Schicksal von Glaubensformen auf persischem Boden. 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.
€ 45 --



26 GALLAS, Klaus. Iran. Kulturstätten Persiens zwischen Wüsten, Steppen und Bergen. (Kunst-Reisführer in der Reihe DuMont Dokumente). 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.
€ 20 --



27 GARNIER, Henri. Voyages en Perse, Arménie, Mésopotamie, Chaldée, Kurdistan, Arabie, etc. 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.
€ 160 --



28 GELDNER, Karl Friedrich. Avesta, die heiligen Bücher der Parsen, im Auftrag der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. I: Yasna; II: Vispered und Khorde Avesta; III: Vendidad. [THREE BOOKS IN ONE]. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 18[86]-95.

Three books in 5 parts, bound in one volume. Royal quarto. I: Prolegomena (1895). Pp. lvi, dedication leaf. II: Yasna (1886 i.e. 1885). Pp. 239, plus 2 plates, printed in tinted collotype, with 2 images to each. III-IV: Vispered und Khorde Avesta (1889). Pp. 31 (verso blank), one figure to text; (2), 35-277. V: Vendidad (1895). Pp. 139, (2) Nachträge und Verbesserungen. General title-page, printed in red and black, and 3 individual title-pages, all with repeating engraved medallion. Set in double columns, initials printed in red. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and cloth over boards, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt lettering, gilt tooling on head and foot, upper joint cracked but very firm, leather chafed, chipped at head of spine, corners slightly bumped. Silken endpaper, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges, light foxing to first few leaves. In fine condition internally, and in this view an excellent, most desirable copy.

- - Very scarce. KVK lists only 5 copies Europe-wide: in Union Catalog Hesse; Union Catalog Northern Germany; Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries; and Union Catalog Italy (2 copies). No records found in the German National Library nor in the Complete Catalogue of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Not in Die Österreichischen Landesbibliotheken. OCLC 2857389; 966790. Karl Friedrich Geldner (1853-1929) originally published this work in installments from 1885 to 1895. The Prolegomena and the General Title were issued upon completion. An English edition, “Avesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis” was published simultaneously from 1885 to 1896, but with the exception of the last fascicle.
€ 1400 --



29 GILLIS, Daniel. Collaboration With the Persians. (Historia. Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. Revue d’Histoire Ancienne. Journal of Ancient History. Rivista di Storia Antica. Einzelschriften, Heft 34). 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.
€ 60 --



30 GOLSCHANI, Abdolkarim. Bildungs- und Erziehungswesen Persiens im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. 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.
€ 150 --



31 GOREKAR, N. S.; Nawab Ali Yavar Jung, R. K. Karanjia. Indo-Iran Relations: Cultural Aspects. 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.
€ 60 --



32 GREUSSING, Kurt (Editor). Religion und Politik im Iran. mardom nameh - Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Gesellschaft des Mittleren Orients. Frankfurt am Main, Syndikat, 1981.

Thick royal octavo. Pp. 417. Text illustrations. Bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine, as-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung.
€ 30 --



33 GREUSSING, Kurt; Jan-Heern Grevemeyer (Editors). Revolution in Iran und Afghanistan. mardom nameh - Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Gesellschaft des Mittleren Orients. 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.
€ 20 --



34 GUTSCHMID, Alfred von. Mit einem Vorwort von Th. Nöldeke. Geschichte Irans und seiner Nachbarländer von Alexander dem Grossen [Großen] bis zum Untergang der Arsaciden. 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.
€ 30 --



35 HARLEZ, Charles de. Manuel de la langue de l’Avesta. Grammaire, Anthologie, Lexique. Deuxième édition, revue et augmentée. 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.
€ 220 --



36 HARLEZ, Charles de. Manuel du Pehlevi des livres religieux et historiques de la Perse. Grammaire, Anthologie, Lexique. Avec des notes et fac-similes ... 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.
€ 480 --



37 HINZ, Walther. Irans Aufstieg zum Nationalstaat im fünfzehnten Jahrhundert. 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.
€ 160 --



38 HOFSTETTER, Josef. Die Griechen in Persien. Prosopographie der Griechen im Persischen Reich vor Alexander. 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.
€ 180 --



39 HONIGMANN, Ernest; André Maricq. Recherches sur les Res Gestae Divi Saporis. 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.
€ 120 --



40 HORST, Heribert. Timur und Hoga Ali. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Safawiden. 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.
€ 120 --



41 IQBAL, Muhammad. Die Entwicklung der Metaphysik in Persien. (The Development of Metaphysics in Persia). 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.
€ 80 --



42 IQBAL, Muhammad. La métaphysique en Perse. 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”.
€ 20 --



43 ISLAM, Riazul. A Calendar of Documents on Indo-Persian Relations (1500-1750), I-II. [AND:] Indo-Persian Relations: A Study of the Political and Diplomatic Relations Between the Mughul Empire and Iran. [THREE VOLUMES]. 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.
€ 800 --



44 JÉQUIER, Gustave. Michel Jéquier. En Perse, 1897-1902. Journal et Lettres de Gustave Jéquier, publiés et annotés par Michel Jéquier. Avec une préface de Roman Ghirshman et une note biographique de Eddy Bauer. (Jéquier: Archéologue, Explorateur, Bâtisseur). Neuchâtel, Baconnière, 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.
€ 90 --



45 JUNGFER, Eckhardt. Das nordöstliche Djaz-Murian-Becken zwischen Bazman und Dalgan (Iran). Sein Nutzungspotential in Abhängigkeit von den hydrologischen Verhältnissen. (Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten). 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.
€ 60 --



46 KEYVANI, Mehdi. Artisans and Guild Life in the Later Safavid Period: Contributions to the Social-Economic History of Persia. Berlin, Klaus Schwarz, 1982.

Octavo. Pp. xii, 339, (2) publisher’s ads. Plus a facsimile plate. Bibliography, appendices, indices. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine, as-new condition (short notation on first free endpaper). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 65.
€ 220 --



47 KEYVANI, Mehdi. Artisans and Guild Life in the Later Safavid Period: Contributions to the Social-Economic History of Persia. Berlin, Klaus Schwarz, 1982.

Octavo. Pp. xii, 339, (2) publisher’s ads. Plus a facsimile plate. Bibliography, appendices, indices. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine, as-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 65.
€ 420 --



48 KHAN, Malkom. Traduites du persan par Auguste Bricteux. Les comédies de Malkom Khan. Les mésaventures d’Achraf Khan; Zaman Khan ou le gouverneur modèle; Les tribulations de Châh Qoulî Mîrzâ. 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.
€ 50 --



49 KOPP, Horst. Städte im östlichen iranischen Kaspitiefland. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der jüngeren Entwicklung orientalischer Mittel- und Kleinstädte. (Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten). 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.
€ 80 --



50 KOTWAL, F. M.; Ph. G. Kreyenbroek; J. R. Russell. The Herbedestan and Nerangestan. I. Herbedestan. Paris, Association pour l’Avancement des Études Iraniennes, 1992.

Royal octavo. Pp. 108. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition.

- - First edition.
€ 30 --



51 (L’UNION DES ASSOCIATIONS DES ETUDIANTS MUSULMANS À L’ÉTRANGER SYMPATHISANTS DE L’ORGANISATION DES MOUDJAHEDINES DE PEUPLE D’IRAN,). Massoud Radjavi. Un Modjahed du Peuple. Publications de l’Union des Associations des Etudiants Musulmans à 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.
€ 35 --



52 LABOURT, Jérôme (Abbé). Le Christianisme dans l’Empire Perse sous la dynastie Sassanide (224-632). Paris, Victor lecoffre, 1904.

12mo. Pp. (vi), xix, 372. Plus a folding map. hardcover, bound in half calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, cloth inner hinges, extremities bit rubbed in places, signature on title-page, old stamp on verso. A very good copy, fine internal condition.

- - Second edition, published at the same year as the first, which appeared as a dissertation. Bibliothèque de l’enseignement de l’histoire ecclésiastique.
€ 180 --



53 LENCZOWSKI, George (Editor). Iran Under the Pahlavis. 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.
€ 20 --



54 LEVY, Reuben. Introduction à la Littérature Persane. 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.
€ 20 --



55 LEWIS, David Malcolm. Sparta and Persia: Lectures Delivered at the University of Cincinnati, Autumn 1976, in Memory of Donald W. Bradeen. 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).
€ 500 --



56 MAJIDI, Mohammad-Reza. Das arabisch-persische Alphabet in den Sprachen der Welt. Eine graphemisch-phonemische Untersuchung. (Forum Phoneticum). 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.
€ 80 --



57 MEILLET, Antoine; Emile Benveniste. Grammaire du Vieux-Perse. Deuxième Édition. Entièrement corrigée et augmentée par E. Benveniste. 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. In a very good condition (ownership signature on title-page, small stamp erased). Overall an excellent copy, 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). Exceedingly scarce.
€ 600 --



58 METZ, Helen Chapin (Editor). Iran: A Country Study. [AND:] Persian Gulf States Country Studies. (Area Handbook Series). [LOT OF 2 BOOKS]. 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.
€ 20 --



59 MONNA, Maria Cornelia. The Gathas of Zarathustra: A Reconstruction of the Text. N.p., Rodopi, 1978.

Royal octavo. Pp. (ii), 201. Plates. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Crisp, excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Doctoral dissertation.
€ 80 --



60 MONTAZAMI, Behrouz (Editor). [Zaman]. Iran. Histoire et révolution. Boulogne, Le Sycomore - Zaman, 1980.

Octavo. Pp. 161. Original wrappers. In a very good condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent interior.

- - First edition.
€ 15 --



61 NAHAVANDI, Firouzeh. Regards sur l’Iran. Civilisations, Volume XXXVIII, No. 2. Bruxelles, l’Institut de Sociologie de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1988.

Crown quarto. Pp. 252. Plates, text illustrations. Bound in the original illustrated stiff wrappers. With the description of the cover illustration loosely inserted on an addenda leaf, as issued. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy.

- - Civilisations, Volume XXXVIII, No. 2. Some essays are in English.
€ 30 --



62 NIZAMI ARUZI. TRADUIT DU PERSAN PAR ISABELLE DE GASTINES. NIZAMI ARUZI. LES QUATRE DISCOURS. PARIS, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1968.

Royal octavo. Pp. 254. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Fine, crisp copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Bibliothèque des Oeuvres Classiques Persanes, I.
€ 30 --



63 NIZÂMI [GANDJAWI] (NIZÂM-OD DÎN; ELIAS IBN YOUSEF/ILYAS IBN YUSUF). TRADUIT DU PERSAN PAR HENRI MASSÉ. NIZÂMI. LE ROMAN DE CHOSROÈS ET CHÎRÎN. PARIS, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1970.

Royal octavo. Pp. 254. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition (signature to title-page). Fine, crisp interior.

- - First edition. Bibliothèque des Oeuvres Classiques Persanes, II.
€ 90 --



64 NYBERG, Henrik Samuel. Hilfsbuch des Pehlevi. I. Texte und Index der Pehlevi-Wörter. Mit einer Einleitung über die Schrift, mit variae Lectiones und Nachträgen. Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1928.

Crown quarto. Pp. 20, 79, 89, (2). Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit edge-worn. In a very good condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent, bright interior.

- - First edition. Henrik Samuel Nyberg’s (1889-1974) best known and more important contribution to the study of Middle Persian. See also: Carlo G. Cereti: Encyclopaedia Iranica. Exceedingly scarce.
€ 400 --



65 QARADJADAGHI, Mîrzâ Djafar. Texte publié et traduit par Auguste Bricteux. L’Avare. Comédie persane. Texte publié et traduit pour la première fois avec une introduction, des notes et un glossaire. Liége, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres; Paris, E. Droz, 1934.

Two parts in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. 99 (French); 87 (Persian). Plus one plate. Glossary. Publication list of the Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l’Université de Liége. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Crisp, bright interior.

- - First edition. A dedication copy, dedicated by Professor Bricteux to the Abbot Van der Straeten.
€ 60 --



66 RADHAYRAPETIAN, Juliet. Iranian Folk Narrative: A Survey of Scholarship. New York & London, Garland, 1990.

Octavo. Pp. xiv, 212. Appendices, bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition (ownership signature to title-page, stamp on verso). A crisp, bright copy, practically unused.

- - First edition.
€ 50 --



67 RAHBAR, Ali; Mahmud Khoschnam (Editors). Iranzamin. Echo der Iranischen Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kulturpolitik Irans. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 2, Mai-Juni 1981. Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981.

Crown quarto. Two parts in one volume. Pp. 104; 98. Plus large folding map. Plates, text illustrations. Title-page to each part. Bound in the original decorative stiff wrappers. In fine, new condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 2, Mai-Juni 1981. In German and Iranian, respectively.
€ 30 --



68 RAHBAR, Ali; Mahmud Khoschnam (Editors). Iranzamin. Echo der Iranischen Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kulturpolitik Irans. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 3/4, Juli-Oktober 1981. Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981.

Crown quarto. Two parts in one volume. Pp. 152; 135. Plates, text illustrations. Title-page to each part. Bound in the original decorative stiff wrappers. In fine, new condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. In German and Iranian, respectively. Double issue. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 3/4, Juli -Oktober 1981.
€ 40 --



69 RAHBAR, Ali; Mahmud Khoschnam (Editors). Iranzamin. Echo der Iranischen Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kulturpolitik Irans. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 5/6, November 1981-März 1982. Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981-82.

Crown quarto. Two parts in one volume. Pp. 193; 167. Plates, text illustrations. Title-page to each part. Bound in the original decorative stiff wrappers. In fine, new condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. In German and Iranian, respectively. Double issue. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 5/6, November 1981-März 1982.
€ 40 --



70 RAHBAR, Ali; Mahmud Khoschnam (Editors). Iranzamin. Echo der Iranischen Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kulturpolitik Irans. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 1, März-April 1981. Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981.

Octavo. Two parts in one volume. Pp. 98; 96. Plates, text illustrations. Title-page to each part. Bound in the original decorative golden wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition. The first issue in the series. In German and Iranian, respectively. 1. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 1, März-April 1981.
€ 60 --



71 RAHBAR, Ali; Mahmud Khoschnam (Editors). Iranzamin. Echo der Iranischen Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kulturpolitik Irans. 2. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 1 (7), März-Mai 1983. Bonn, Hafiz-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981-83.

Crown quarto. Two parts in one volume. Pp. 152; 145. Plates, text illustrations. Title-page to each part. Bound in the original decorative stiff wrappers. In fine, new condition. Excellent copy.

- - First edition. In German and Iranian, respectively. 2. Jahrgang, Ausgabe Nr. 1 (7), März-Mai 1983.
€ 30 --



72 RAHIMI-LARIDJANI, Fereydoun. Die Entwicklung der Bewässerungslandwirtschaft im Iran bis in sasanidisch-frühislamische Zeit. Wiesbaden, Ludwig Reichert, 1988.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. xv, 613. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Beiträge zur Iranistik, 13.
€ 220 --



73 REID, James J. Tribalism and Society in Islamic Iran, 1500-1629. Malibu, Undena, 1983.

Royal octavo. Pp. iv, 220. With a full-page map. Appendices, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s avocado-green cloth, illustration on cover. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Studies in Near Eastern Culture and Society, IV.
€ 80 --



74 REZVANIAN, M. H. Grains d’humour et de sagesse Persane. Proverbes et dictons choisis, traduits, expliqués et précédés d’une étude introductive. Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1976.

Crown quarto. Pp. 199. Biographies. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 30 --



75 RICHARD, Francis. Raphaël du Mans. Missionnaire en Perse au XVIIe sicle. I. Biographie. Correspondance; II. Estats et Mémoire. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Société d’Histoire de l’Orient, Editions L’Harmattan, 1995.

Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. 318; 403. Illustrations. Uniformly bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent set, practically unused.

- - First edition. Moyen Orient & Océan Indien XVIe-XIXe sicle.
€ 150 --



76 RÖHRBORN, Klaus-Michael. Provinzen und Zentralgewalt Persiens im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1966.

Crown quarto. Pp. x, 157, (4) publisher’s ads. Plus folding map bound at end and a full-page genealogical table. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s full grey cloth, brown lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients, Neue Folge, 2.
€ 200 --



77 ROSEN, Fritz. Modern Persian Colloquial Grammar. Containing a Short Grammar, Dialogues and Extracts from Nasir-Eddin Shah’s Diaries, Tales, etc. and a Vocabulary. London, Luzac, 1898.

Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 400, (24) publisher’s catalogue, dated 1893. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s brown cloth, bit marked, bit soiled, with black lettering both on cover and spine. In a very good condition (ownership signature and small stamp on title-page; small stamps on endpapers). Bright interior.

- - First edition, first printing. This was printed by the Dutch publisher E. J. Brill, Leiden.
€ 160 --



78 SAINT-JOSEPH ANGE DE, dans le siècle Joseph Labrosse. Souvenirs de la Perse safavide et autres lieux de l’Orient (1664-1678). En version persane et européenne, traduits et annotés. Bruxelles, Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, 1985.

Royal octavo. Pp. x, 222. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. A BRAND NEW copy.

- - First edition.
€ 70 --



79 SARWAR, Ghulam. History of Shah Ismã‘il [Ismail Isma‘il ] Safawi. New York, AMS Press, 1975.

Three parts in one volume. Octavo. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xiii, 39; 40-95; 96-127. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s cloth. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - Reprinted from the 1939 edition, published by the Author, Muslim University, Aligarh.
€ 220 --



80 SAVORY, Roger. Iran Under the Safavids. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Royal octavo. Pp. x, 277. With 35 plates and text illustrations, one double-page map. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s navy blue cloth, spine gilt on red. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 220 --



81 SCARCIA AMORETTI, Biancamaria. Sah Isma‘il [Shah Ismail] I nei “Diarii” di Marin Sanudo. I. Testi. (Studi e materiali sulla conoscenza dell’oriente in Italia, 3). Roma, Instituto per l’Oriente, 1979.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. 571. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (signature to title-page). Excellent copy.

- - First edition.
€ 220 --



82 SCHIMKOREIT, Renate. Regesten publizierter safawidischer Herrscherurkunden. Erlasse und Staatsschreiben der frühen Neuzeit Irans. Berlin, Klaus Schwarz, 1982.

Octavo. Pp. (vi), 552, (2). Some plates, one folding. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, Band 68.
€ 150 --



83 SCHÖN, Dorit. Laristan - eine südpersische Küstenprovinz. Ein Beitrag zu seiner Geschichte. Wien, Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1990.

Royal octavo. Pp. 94. maps, indices. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, photograph on each cover. In a very fine, fresh-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition.
€ 60 --



84 SCHWEIZER, Günther. Bandar Abbas und Hormoz. Schicksal und Zukunft einer iranischen Hafenstadt am Persischen Golf. (Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients). Wiesbaden, Ludwig Reichert, 1972.

Royal octavo. Pp. 35. Plus 2 folding maps, and 6 finely printed photographs. Text illustrations, tables. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reihe B, Nr. 2. See Houchang E. Chehabi: Bibliographia Iranica.
€ 120 --



85 SEIBT, Gunter F. Griechische Söldner im Achaimenidenreich. Bonn, Rudolf Habelt, 1977.

Octavo. Pp. 236. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Habelts Dissertationsdrucke, Reihe Alte Geschichte, Heft 11.
€ 220 --



86 SHUSTER, W. Morgan. The Strangling of Persia: A Record of European Diplomacy and Oriental Intrigue. London & Leipzig, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913.

Octavo. Pp. 378, (6) publisher’s ads. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A total of 85 plates, printed on different paper, bound-in. Plus a folding lithograph map, printed in colour. Six appendices. Title-page printed in red and black. Hardcover, bound in the original publishers’ olive-green cloth, title embossed in blind on cover and in gilt on spine, inner hinges somewhat tender. In a very good condition (small ownership signature on title-page). Excellent interior.

- - Third impression.
€ 80 --



87 SIASSI, Ali Akbar. La Perse au contact de l’occident. Étude historique et sociale. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1931.

Royal octavo. Pp. 278. Bound in the original printed wrappers, slightly edge worn. In a very good condition (old signatures on title-page). Excellent, bright interior.

- - First edition.
€ 60 --



88 WAGNER, Ewald. Grundzüge der klassischen arabischen Dichtung. I. Die altarabische Dichtung; II. Die arabische Dichtung in islamischer Zeit. [TWO VOLUMES]. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1987-88.

Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. xii, 220; x, 212. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very fine condition (signature to title-page). A crisp, bright set, practically unused. Excellent.

- - First edition.
€ 150 --



89 WALSER, Gerold. Hellas und Iran. Studien zu den griechisch-persischen Beziehungen vor Alexander. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1984.

Octavo. Pp. xi, 141, (2) publisher’s catalogue. Bibliography, index. Retaining the original Errata slip, laid-in. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine as-new condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Erträge der Forschung, Band 209.
€ 50 --



90 WEGENER, Walther. Syrien, Irak, Iran. Leipzig, Wilhelm Goldmann, 1943.

Royal octavo. Pp. 306. Plus numerous plates; maps. Hardcover, bound in the original pictorial cloth, endpaper maps. In fine condition. Handsome copy.

- - First edition.
€ 20 --



91 WIDENGREN, Geo. Les religions de l’Iran. (Bibliothèque Historique, Collection les Religions de l’Humanité). Paris, Payot, 1968.

Royal octavo. Pp. 422. Plans. Bound in the original illustrated stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent interior.

- - First French edition. Translated from the German by L. Jospin.
€ 110 --



92 WIESEHÖFER, Josef. Der Aufstand Gaumatas und die Anfänge Dareios’ I. Bonn, Rudolf Habelt, 1978.

Octavo. Pp. (xii), 272, (4). Plus a suite of 22 plates and maps, bound at end. Extended bibliography. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused.

- - First edition. Habelts Dissertationsdrucke, Reihe Alte Geschichte, Heft 13.
€ 320 --



93 ZAVIE, Émile. D’Archangel au Golfe Persique. Aventures de cinquante Français en Perse. Le roman Français d’aujourd’hui. Paris, La Cité des Livres, 1927.

Octavo. Pp. 358. Plus folding map bound at end. Bound in the original wrappers, with integrated dust-jacket. In fine condition.

- - First edition. Uncommon in the original printed dust-jacket. TO THIS IS ADDED: Freya Stark: “The Valleys of the Assassins, and Other Persian Travels” (London, Murray, 1947). Hardcover. Fine copy.
€ 80 --

 

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