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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi

by Burton, Richard F., translator, [author]

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New York; New Haven, CT: Limited Editions Club, Yale University Press, Printing Office, 1937. Limted Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Limted Edition. Hardcover. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi (1880) is a long English language poem written by "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi," a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), a well-known British Arabist and explorer. In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator of the poem, to which he gives the English title "Lay of the Higher Law." It is thus a pseudotranslation, pretending to have had an original Persian text, which never existed. The Kasidah is essentially a distillation of Sufi thought in the poetic idiom of that mystical tradition; Burton had hoped to bring Sufist ideas to the West. Minimally sunned and toned, mildly starting, discoloration to endpapers, else tight, bright, unmarred. Bound in full lavender calf with gilt lettering on the spine and elaborate embossing on both covers. Printed on double folded Japanese Kozo paper with four color floral borders and illuminations by hand with pure gold and silver by Valenti Angelo. This copy numbered 161 of 1500, signed by the illustrator on the colophon page. Duodecimo, unpaged, illus.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
10941
Title
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
Author
Burton, Richard F., translator, [author]
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limted Edition
Publisher
Limited Editions Club, Yale University Press, Printing Office
Place of Publication
New York; New Haven, CT
Date Published
1937
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Literature & Classics

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Colophon
The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
Sunned
Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Good+
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Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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