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1858 The Parsees: Their History, Manners, Customs, and Religion
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The first edition of this very scarce work.
A brilliant and definitive study of the Pasi community. The author here discusses the history, beliefs, and manners of the Parsees.
The Parsees are a Zoroastrian community in India, descended from Persian refugees who migrated to India during the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century.
By Dosabhai Framji Karaka.
One leaf of adverts to the front, and eighteen to the rear, dated July 1858.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, cloth is a little marked and discoloured, as is usual with white cloth. Light bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Small chip to the spine. Worming to the paste downs and endpapers, and smaller worming to the first and last few pages. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots.
Good
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