Author: Malcolm, Colonel Sir John.
Title: THE HISTORY OF PERSIA, From the most early Period to the Present Time: Containing An Account of the Religion, Government, Usages and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom.
Description: London; Printed for John Murray ..., 1815. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. [Without half titles]. xxii + [ii] + 644pp. + vii + 715pp. + [i] Errata. Folding frontis. map (offset), 22 plates. Light browning, plates foxed, contemporary calf boards with gilt tooled edges, some wear and marking, professional restoration to corners, rebacked in modern calf with gilt ruling and lettered labels to spines. ¶ Brunet III: 244; Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833). ‘... his classic History of Persia, which appeared in 1815, brought him an honorary doctorate of laws from Oxford. Translated into French (1821), German (1830), and Persian (n.d.), the history was particularly valuable for contextualizing events surrounding his own time in Persia, and served as the standard western work for about a century ...’

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