Persian literature ...
By: with a special introduction by Richard Gottheil ...
Contributors: Gottheil, Richard J. H. 1862-1936, ed.; Firdawsī.; Atkinson, James, 1780-1852, tr.; Omar Khayyam.; FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883.; Häüz, 14th cent.; Bicknell, Herman, 1830-1875, tr.; Saʻdī.; Ross, James, 1759-1831, tr.
Edition: Limited ed. de luxe ...
Series: Literature of the Orient. Byzantine edition
Publisher: The Colonial press
Published: 1902
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Persian literature -- Translations into English.
Notes: "Limited to five hundred copies." This copy not numbered.
Added t.-p., illuminated: Literature of the Orient. Byzantine edition. Edited, grouped & classified, with introductions & translations by Sir Edwin Arnold, Max Müller, LL. D., René Besset, PH. D., Richard Gottbeil, PH. D., & other oriental scholars. Epiphanius Wilson, A. M., literary editor: Clarence Cook, art editor.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The Sháh Námeh, by Firdusi (Abul Kasim Mansur) tr. into English by J. Atkinson. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; translation by E. FitzGerald. The Divan, by Háfiz; translation by H. Bicknell.-v. 2. The Gulistan, by Sa'di; translation by J. Ross.