ZEND-AVESTA, OUVRAGE DE ZOROASTRE, CONTENANT LES IDÉES THÉOLOGIQUES, PHYSIQUES & MORALES DE CE LÉGISLATEUR, LES CÉRÉMONIES DU CULTE RELIGIEUX..
Book Description
                        1771 - Small 4to, 10.5 x 8 Inches.
2 Volumes in 3. With 3 half title & title pages.
Rebound in quarter maroon Morocco over blue cloth, original title labels laid onto spines. New paste downs. Binding solid.
Former library copies, with stamps verso titles & blind stamps to plates.
Occasional pencil annotation. Some very old pressed leaves within, which I’ve not removed.
Text in good, very clean condition, no inscriptions, no loose pages. Some pages with worm holes, mostly to top margin.  Half title & title of first part chipped lower corner fore edge.
Well illustrated with 13 detailed plates, complete. (4 in Part I premiere, 1 in Part I seconde, 8 in tome second) many fold-out.
Decorative woodcut head & tail pieces.
A nice example of this scarce complete set.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest continuously practiced religions.
The most important texts of the religion are those of the Avesta.
Anquetil Du Perron (1731-1805) was a French scholar who studied Hebrew at the University of Paris, having developed a keen interest in Eastern Languages and religious mysteries. He went on to learn Arabic & Persian.
                                    The most important texts of the religion are those of the Avesta.
Anquetil Du Perron (1731-1805) was a French scholar who studied Hebrew at the University of Paris, having developed a keen interest in Eastern Languages and religious mysteries. He went on to learn Arabic & Persian.
                        Author
                        ANQUETIL-DU PERRON, M.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1771
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Quarter Leather
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Paris: Chez N.M. Tilliard
                    
                    
                                        
                        Illustrator
                        -
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Good
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        xxxvi, [2] dxlii; cxx, 432; 810pp
                    
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