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réf. 69941 — E-394. Very Good. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Published by Edwin C. Hill Co New York 1906. Xlv 312 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching of a bird being shot by a bow and arrow and one other etching by Alma Tadema. Signed by the Publisher Edwin Hill on the limitation page. No. 72 of an edition of 206 copies. Bound in full vellum with titles present to the spine and decoration present to the front board. Top edge gilt. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities light soil present to the edges of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Shah-nameh is considered the national epic of Persian-speakers and the Iranian world. It was written over the span of 35 years by Hakim Abu L-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi known commonly as Ferdowsi as a celebration of the Persian Empire before the coming of the Arabs and Islam beginning 7000 years ago. He based his masterpiece on other historical works available to him at the time c. 1000 A. D. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover