Auction 218
Antiques, Rare Books, Modern and Contemporary Art
By Cabral Moncada Leilões
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Sep 26, 2022
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LOT 260:
JONES, Sir William.- The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern Manuscript ...
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JONES, Sir William.- The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern Manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark. With an introduction, containining, I. A description of Asia, according to the Oriental Geographers. II. A short history of Persia from the earliest times to the present century; and an Appendix, consisting of an essay on Asiatic poetry, and the history of the Persian language...- London: Printed by J. RIchardson, for T. Cadell, 1773.- [22], lxxii, 196 p.; 21 cm.- E.
William Jones (1746-1794), English philologist, born in London, known for his work on the relations between European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he defined as Indo-European; Among his vast bibliography, Jones also left us a renowned grammar of the Persian language, published in 1771. Very clean copy (probably washed), with a small marginal tear on the C8 sheet, without lack of support. Good full morocco binding, probably from the 19th century, with gold decoration (dentelle) on the covers, closed panels on the spine, rolls on the squares and thickness of the folders and gilt edges. It keeps the endpapers in marbled paper.
