The Shāh-nāmah of Firdausī :
the book of the Persian kings. /
With 24 illustrations from a fifteenth-century Persian manuscript in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. Described by J. V. S. Wilkinson, with an introduction on the paintings by Laurence Binyon.
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London :
Oxford University Press, H. Milford,
1931.
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| Notes: | "In outlining the structure of Firdausi's great epic, and sketching the principal stories, I have concentrated principally on the subjects of the miniatures in the manuscript with which the following pages are concerned."--Pref. Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Another issue, with same imprint date, was published by the India society. "Chief authorities" : p.[vii] Physical description: xx, 92 p., 2. leaves, XXIV pl. (part col.; incl. front.) : ; 31 cm. more |