1924 Nizámí of Ganja. The Haft Paikar

Nizámí of Ganja. The Haft Paikar (The Seven Beauties). Containing the Life and Adventures of King Bahrám Gúr, and the Seven Stories Told Him by His Seven Queens. Translated from the Persian, with a Commentary by C.E. Wilson, B.A. (Lond.). London: Arthur Probsthain & Co., 1924. Probsthain’s Oriental Series. 2 vols. (Vol. I: Translation; Vol. II: Commentary). 19 × 13 cm. Vol. I: viii, 288, [4] pp. Vol. II: viii, 212, [4] pp. Original dark blue cloth with gilt sunburst device to upper covers, gilt titles to spines. Joints and hinges strong; a few small holes at backstrip and inner hinge of Vol. II. Foxing to prelims, endpapers, and edges, as usual. Some bumping to tips. A very good set overall. Wilson’s scholarly English translation of Nizámí’s celebrated Haft Paikar (c. 1197), one of the great Persian romantic epics, issued here in Probsthain’s well-regarded Oriental Series. Complete in two volumes, uncommon in this condition. Condition: VG. Inv. H1ob