182: ORIENTALIA JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #182: IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE that I issue this catalogue devoted to my wife. From the first time that I met her I became interested in the history, literature and culture of ancient Persia, or modern day Iran. My college degree from UCLA focused on this field, studying under Dr. Amin Banani. My first serious book collection was on Persian literature in translation. My grandfather even wrote a bibliography on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Thus applying my bibliographic zeal to the history of Persia, including language, travel, art, and the interaction between the east and west results in this offering. Persian culture is rich with history and lessons, art, design, story-telling and tradition. I know that those who know Iranians know they are a proud and remarkable people who bring much to this world and whose history is often much deeper than one imagines. [48 items]
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