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Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers only.  First edition, bound in full vellum, of this work published in 1887; one of the three most celebrated works in Persian literature. 

Fully bound in vellum with a narrow blind-embossed ruled border on both boards, gilt lettering on the spine and the date of 1887 in gilt at the tail of the spine, ruled borders at the head and tail, on the front pastedown is a small armorial oval-shaped bookplate with the name Alexander McGrigor, below the name an escutcheon showing a crown surrounded by stars in the upper half, the lower half has a pine tree at an angle intersected with a broadsword; 12 mo in size (approximately 7.5" tall), pagination:  (i)-vi, (1)-183, Errata page (184). 

Donated by Swan's Fine Books, Walnut Creek, CA.