A Tour to Sheeraz by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad, with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians..., printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, letterpress Persian text in places, some overall browning, modern half calf, 4to The first edition of this work was published in Bombay in 1804. This London edition has a greatly expanded section on the language and poetry of Persia and was "an important book in its day as it constitutes one of the first attempts to introduce Persian poetry to the West. Byron's reference to Persia poets, especially Hafez, in his English Bards comes from Waring" (Ghani). (1)
A Tour to Sheeraz by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad, with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians..., printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, letterpress Persian text in places, some overall browning, modern half calf, 4to The first edition of this work was published in Bombay in 1804. This London edition has a greatly expanded section on the language and poetry of Persia and was "an important book in its day as it constitutes one of the first attempts to introduce Persian poetry to the West. Byron's reference to Persia poets, especially Hafez, in his English Bards comes from Waring" (Ghani). (1)
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