Persian literature
By: with a special introduction by Richard Gottheil.
Contributors: Gottheil, Richard James Horatio, 1862-1936; Firdawsī.; Atkinson, James, 1780-1852; Omar Khayyam.; FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883.; Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent.; Bicknell, Herman, 1830-1875; Saʻdī.; Ross, James, 1759-1831
Edition: Limited ed. deluxe. --
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; English literature -- Translations from Persian.
Notes: "Limited to five hundred copies."  This copy not numbered.

Added title page illuminated: Literature of the Orient. Byzantine edition.  Edited, grouped & classified, with introductions & translations by Sir Edwin Arnold, Max Muller,LL.D., Rene Basset, PH.D., Richard Gottheil, PH.D., & other oriental scholars.  Epiphanius Wilson A.M., literary editor; Clarence Cook, art editor.
Table of contents: value: CONTENTS: v. 1. The Shah Nameh, by Firdusi (abul Kasim Mansur) tr. into English by J. Atkinson.  The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; translation by E. FitzGerald.  The Daivan, by Hafiz; translation by H. Bicknell. -v.2. The Gulistan, by Sa'di; translation by J. Ross.