1893 A Year Amongst the Persians

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The scarce first edition of this work by British Iranologist Edward Granville Browne.

Illustrated with a colour folding map frontispiece. The majority of the frontispiece is lacking.

Edward G. Browne was a Fellow and lecturer in Persian at the University of Cambridge,and spent 1887 to 1888 living in the country.

In this work he records his thoughts and observations on the lifestyles, social character, and customs of the Persian people. Also included are topographical descriptions of Tabriz, Teheran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Yezd, Kirman and more. 

With the bookplate of F. Diba to the front pastedown, and his inscription to a front blank. Diba published a bibliography of Persia in 1981.

With two pages of advertisements to the rear.

A scarce and informative work.