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Oriental Literature. Voll.4+(1). Vol.I: The Literature of Persia, Part I. Contents: Introduction, by Richard J.H.Gottheil; Firdusi, The Shah Nameh, translated into English by James Atkinson; Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat, translated by Edward Fitzgerald; Hafiz, The Divan, translated by H.Bicknell. Vol.II: The Literature of Persia, Part II; The Literature of Japan. Contents: Sa'di, The Gulistan, translated by James Ross; Murasaki Shikib, Genji Monogatari, translated by Suyematz Kenchio; Classical Poetry of Japan, Selections translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain; The Drama of Japan, Selected Plays translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. Vol.III: The Literature of India. Contents: The Book of Good Counsels(selected from the Hitopadesa), translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Edwin Arnold; Nala and Damayanti (from the Mahabharata), translated by Sir Edwin Arnold; Valmiki, The Ramayana (selections from), metrical translation by R.T.H.Griffiths; Kalidasa, Sakootala, translated by Sir MonierMonier-Williams; Toru Dutt, Ballads of Hindostan and Miscellaneous Poems. Vol.IV: The Literature of China; The Literature of Arabia. Contents: The Analects of Confucius, translated by William Jennings; The Sayings of Mencius, translated by James Legge; The Shi-King, metrical translation by James Legge; The Travels of Fa-Hien, translated by James Legge; The Sorrows of Han, translated by John Francis Davis; The Romance of Antar, translated by Etienne Delécluse and Epiphanius Wilson; Selections from Arabian Poetry, translation by J.D.Carlyle; Arabian Nights (Selected Tales), edited by Andrew Lang. Vol.(1): Sacred Books of the East. Contents: Vedic Hymns, translated by F.Max Muller; The Zend-Avesta (Selections from), translated by James Darmestetter; The Dhammapada, translated by F.Max Muller; The Upanishads, translated by F.Max Muller; The Koran (Selections from), translated by George Sale; Asvagosha Bodhisattva, Life of Buddha.

AutoreGottheil,Richard J.H. Wilson,Epiphanius. (ed.).
EditoreThe Colonial Press.
Data di pubbl.1899.
Dettaglivol.5 di 5, cm.16x24, pp.XVIII,410, 4 tavv.a un col.ft.; VI,296, 2 tavv. a un col.ft.; VIII,467, 4 tavv.a un col.f.t.; X,302,VI,149, 2+2 tavv.a un col.ft.; VIII,457, 4 tavv. a un col.ft., legg.edd.in t.tela, titoli e fregi in oro ai dorsi. (guasti non gravi alle cerniere interne e sigla di appartenenza ai frontesp.o alle antiporte ma copia in buono stato parzialmente intonsa.) Coll.The World's Great Classics. CondizioniDa collezione, buono