Author: SHARAF AD-DIN ALI YAZDI.
Title: Histoire de Timur-Bec, connu sous le nom du grand Tamerlan, empereur des Mogols et Tartares.Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1723. 4 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved portrait of Timur and 5 folding engraved maps. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spines.
Description: [1], [1 blank], [6], XXXIX, [23], 475, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [6], 431, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], 421, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [6], 303, [3 blank] pp.First edition printed in the Netherlands of the history of Timur (Tamerlane) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454), who was a close companion of Tamerlane's successor, Shah Rukh. Shak Rukh's son commissioned the book, which Yazdi probably wrote between 1424 and 1428, originally entitled Zafarnama: "The book of victory". He based much of his work on an earlier but less extensive Zafernama, written by the historian Nizam ad-Din Shami, a contemporary of Tamerlane. The first volume opens with an engraved portrait of Tamerlane. Included are maps of Transoxiana, Mongolia, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, a general map of Asia and a map depicting Tamerlane's expeditions in and around India.Occasionally some minor foxing and some small spots. Bindings only very slightly rubbed. Overall in very good condition.l Elwell-Sutton, Bibliographical guide to Iran, p. 194; STCN 141521686 (8 copies).
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Title: Histoire de Timur-Bec, connu sous le nom du grand Tamerlan, empereur des Mogols et Tartares.Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1723. 4 volumes. 12mo. With an engraved portrait of Timur and 5 folding engraved maps. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spines.
Description: [1], [1 blank], [6], XXXIX, [23], 475, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [6], 431, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], 421, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], [6], 303, [3 blank] pp.First edition printed in the Netherlands of the history of Timur (Tamerlane) by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454), who was a close companion of Tamerlane's successor, Shah Rukh. Shak Rukh's son commissioned the book, which Yazdi probably wrote between 1424 and 1428, originally entitled Zafarnama: "The book of victory". He based much of his work on an earlier but less extensive Zafernama, written by the historian Nizam ad-Din Shami, a contemporary of Tamerlane. The first volume opens with an engraved portrait of Tamerlane. Included are maps of Transoxiana, Mongolia, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, a general map of Asia and a map depicting Tamerlane's expeditions in and around India.Occasionally some minor foxing and some small spots. Bindings only very slightly rubbed. Overall in very good condition.l Elwell-Sutton, Bibliographical guide to Iran, p. 194; STCN 141521686 (8 copies).
Keywords: [9EE06DC76F16] ASIA|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [C4A78A11DA49] Cartography & Exploration|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [2E35157B4164] India & Sri Lanka|[9EE06DC76F16] ASIA -> [G8KEFJWATQBD] West Asia|[G8L0P27N9XV3] MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC WORLD|[G8L0P27N9XV3] MIDDLE EA
Price: EUR 2950.00 = appr. US$ 3206.20 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: L12G3746UHWJ
- Book number: L12G3746UHWJ