A History Of Persia [volume 2] por Sykes, Percy, Brigadier-General Sir - 1951

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1951. Third Edition Reprinted. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. Pp. xxxix, 563; xx, 616. Frontis. plates. Illustrated with numerous black & white photo plates, drawings in the text, and a fold-out map at the back of each volume. With preliminary and final essays, list of authorities and index. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Covers lightly scuffed, board edges rubbed, Teheran bookseller tag on each front pastedown ("Librairie Orientale, Vladimir Kachine, Avenue Ferdovci [Ferdowsi]"), leaves minimally age toned, Vol. 1 with pencil annotations to endpapers, Vol. 2 a few leaves with pencil highlighting. Reprint of the 1930 "third edition with supplementary essays." Scholarly enthusiasm for Persia was a family trait: Sykes' sister, Ella Constance Sykes, was herself a Fellow of the Geographical Society and also a well-regarded expert on Persia (Persia and Its People, Macmillan, 1910), as well as greater Central Asia. Their overland travel from England to… Ler mais

Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii, 563pp. Frontis., 87 further plates, of which 3 are colour, 3 folding maps in text, a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix, (1), 594pp + adverts, frontis., 97 further plates, one of which is coloured folding, folding map in text, two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume.

Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE, CB, CMG, RGS Patron's Gold Medal (1867-1945) soldier, diplomat, explorer, eminent orientalist and author.

"It describes in considerable detail the geography, legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" (Ghani, p. 363)." Encyclopaedia Iranica.

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London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1951. 2 volumes. Third edition, revised and supplemented with additional essays, reprinted. Numerous illustrations on plates and in the text and with two folding maps. 8vo, publisher’s original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines. xxxix, 563; xvi, 616 pp. A very fine and handsome set, as pristine, internally fine and fresh, the bindings, both cloth and giltwork handsome, sturdy and bright. A VERY SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK ON PERSIA. In these volumes, Sykes seeks “to fill what is undoubtedly a serious gap” in the early twentieth century research of Persian history. John Malcom’s comprehensive HISTORY OF PERSIA had been published just over a century before, and in the interim many notable advances in the study of the Persian region had been made, such as gaining the ability to translate “the mystery of cuneiform inscriptions.” Sykes combines history of Persia, Elam, Media, Macedonia, Assyria, and other regions with details of the… Ler mais