Hümayunname Translated

by Alaeddin Ali Çelebi b. Salih

$600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

822 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown leather binding with black marbled paper-covered boards. Pastedowns lined with a repurposed Ottoman-era land deed. Rubbed, snag at head of spine, very good overall. Item #372028 This significant edition of Hümayunname is an adaptation of Qalila wa Dimna, originally known as Pança-Tantra The Five Principles , a collection of fables written in Sanskrit and later translated into Arabic by Abdullah Ibn

• Binding: Leather

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