A King's Book of Kings: The Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972. Hardbound. Blue cloth with blind-stamped printing & gilt title on spine. 199 pp. Numerous color and BW plates. glossy pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. VG/VG (scuffs & scratches to cloth boards. light rubbing to corners. speckled foxing to upper textblock w/ light, isolated stain, a few pgs will have small, light remnants to upper edge. dustjacket has light wear & rubbing, crease to spine top). Item #190095
ISBN: 9780870990281
A nice, bright copy. Copy does not have the publisher's slipcase. "Composed in the tenth century by the poet Firdowski, the Shah-nameh or Book of Kings is Iran's central literary work, a historical epic peopled with monarchs--some of inspiring goodness, others of unmatched wickedness--handsome paladins, beautiful maidens, malevolent witches, and treacherous demons." -- From The Publisher.
OCLC: 562127
Price: $35.00