A collection of five works: Makhzan al-Asrar, Khosrow u Shirin, Leyli u Majnun [Layli], Haft Peykar [Paykar] and Iskandar-Nameh [Eskandar]. Based on the Moscow-Baku edition. Second printing. With First-Line Index.
IN PERSIAN. RARE critical edition based on the Moscow-Baku edition of the five poetic masterpieces by the 12th-century Persian poet Nezami, considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Nezami is best known for his five long narrative poems dedicated to various rulers of the region as was the custom of that time for great poets, deriving three tales from Ferdowsi`s `Book of Kings` (Shahnama). Includes a first-line index. 210x125 mm. 1440 pages. Dark-blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Silver lettering on front cover and spine. White cloth ribbon markers in-bound. Jacket slightly rubbed. Jacket edges slightly wrinkled. Front cover bottom corners and spine edges bumped. Several first pages slightly wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of five long narrative poems by the legendary Persian poet Nezami is in very good condition.