Hardcover
1981 · Cambridge, MA
by Ferdowsi (Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi); Martin Bernard Dickson and Stuart Cary Welch (commentary text)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. Limited facsimile edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. 1/750. Elephant folios. 18 x 12 1/4". Vol.1: xviii, 293pp. + 1 loose plate. Vol.2: ix, [2], 545, [1]pp. Blue buckram boards with elaborate gilt tooling and designs on the front covers, gilt lettering and red leather labels on the spines. All edges in gilt. From a limited edition of 750 un-numbered copies, finely printed in English Monotype Bembo, on heavy stock rag paper (vol.1) and Caledonia Parchment paper (vol.2). The first volume includes a total of 21 full-page facsimile plates lavishly reproduced in color collotype with gilt overprinting (including (truncated)