Author: Gottheil, Richard J H.
Title: Persian Literature : Comprising the Shah Nameh, the Rubaiyat, the Divan and the Gulistan, Volume II
Description: New York, NY, The Colonial Press, 1900. Rev. Ed. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt text and decorative boarder on cover and spine. (2) 3-296 pp. few bw illustrations. "The Persian poet Sa'di, generally known in literary history as Muslih-al-Din, belongs to the great group of writers known as the Shirazis, or singers of Shiraz. His 'Gulistan,' or 'Rose Garden,' is the mature work of his life-time, and he lived to the age of one hundred and eight. The Rose Garden was an actual thing, and was part of the little hermitage, to which he retired, after the vicissitudes and travels of his earlier life, to spend his days in religious contemplation, and the embodiment of his experiences in reminiscences, which took the form of anecdotes, sage and pious reflections, bon-mots, and exquisite lyrics. When a friend visited him in his cell and had filled a basket with nosegays from the garden of the poet with roses, hyacinths, spikenards, and sweet-basils, Sa'di told him of the book he was writing, and added:- 'What can a nosegay of flowers avail thee? Pluck but one leaf from my Rose Garden; the rose from yonder bush lasts but a few days, but this Rose must bloom to all eternity." - from the introduction. Good,minor marks on boards, small pen mark on endpage, excellent condition considering age .

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