Bayt-i laylah , or, Persian distichs, from various authors, in which the beauties of the language are exhibited in a small compass, and may easily be remembered

by Weston. Stephen

$2,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

London: printed for the author; by S. Rousseau, Wood Street, Spa Fields, 1814. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. 101, 3 ; parallel text in Persian and English; original blue paper-covered boards; about fine throughout. This copy inscribed From the author on the blank verso of the front free endpaper. Laid in is a lengthy 4-page autograph letter to Weston dated Jan. 3 1814 and sent from Devonshire Place, signed Drachi ? who seems to have a clear knowledge of

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