Author: Duncan Forbes
Title: The Adventures of Hatim Tai, a Romance
Description: London, Oriental Translation Fund, 1830. First edition. Leather. The very scarce translated edition of this Persian work, translated by Duncan Forbes. Very scarce. The first edition in English of this work. Translated from the Persian by Duncan Forbes. Quarto. Half title and errata slip have been discarded. With a leaf from the Oriental Translation Fund presenting this copy to subscriber Peter Johnston Esq. Johnston of Carnsalloch, Dumfries was the Commissioner of Bankruptcy in England and Wales between 1784 and 1831. Six pages of advertisements to the rear of the work. The Adventures of Hatim Tai tells the story of the titular protagonist as he battles with dragons and master mountains to save a princess. The work is a classic romantic adventure story. A scarce first English edition of this classic story. In full calf. Rebacked. Hinges reinforced. Externally sound with rubbing to the joints and extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and handling mark, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Persia Hatim Tai Duncan Forbes Hatim Tai None


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