The Gulistan; or, Rose Garden of Shaikh Muslihu'din Sa'di of Shiraz, translated from a revised text, with Copious Notes, and a Life of the Poet. By John T. Platts, late one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Public Instruction in the central Provinces of India
by SA'DI. [PLATTS (John T.) Translator]
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London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., Publishers to the India Office, 1876. First edition, large 8vo, 8vo, 28, [v]-xxix, [1], 356 pp., front inner hinge shaken, original cloth, spine slightly faded, gilt lettering on spine, a very good copy. Provenance: From the library of W. R. Partridge (University Hall, 1882) with his remarks in the text.
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- The Gulistan; or, Rose Garden of Shaikh Muslihu'din Sa'di of Shiraz, translated from a revised text, with Copious Notes, and a Life of the Poet. By John T. Platts, late one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Public Instruction in the central Provinces of India
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- SA'DI. [PLATTS (John T.) Translator]
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- Hardcover
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- London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., Publishers to the India Office, 1876
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