RARE hardcover copy of a comprehensive analysis of the writings of one of the greatest Persian mystical poets Farid al-Din Attar by an eminent German orientalist Hellmut Ritter (1892-1971). 245x165mm. XXVI+833 pages. Hardcover. Rear cover upper corner and spine edges slightly bumped/wrinkled. Bump-mark on rear cover. [SUMMARY]: This definitive study of Attar`s world of ideas and an indispensable guide to Islamic classical literature is otherwise in very good condition.