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Title: Forty-five works on the history of Iran Author: Place: Tehran Publisher: Imperial Organization for Social Services Date: 1976 Description: 45 title in 55 volumes. Various sizes, octavo to elephant folio, all uniformly bound in brown boards, pines gilt, with titles in gilt on a red background. Most volumes have the publisher's imprint and copyright information covered by stickers from the "Islamic Revolution Publication and Educational Organization." One of 1000 (or 1200) sets. A significant collection of facsimile printings of classic works of the history of Iran, mostly in European languages, a few in Farsi. Printed by the monarchy in celebration of the 2500 year anniversary of the Kingdom of Persia to be presented as gifts to various dignitaries. Titles include: Malcolm. The History of Persia. Gobineau. Histoire des Perses. Eastwick. Journal of a Diplomats Three Years' Residence in Persia. Bulsara. The Laws of the Ancient Persians. Rice. Persian Women & Their Ways. Rawlinson. The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy. Watson. A History of Persia from the Beginning of the nineteenth Century to the Year 1858. Picault. Histoire des Revolutions de Perse. Hafiz of Shiraz: Selections from His Poems. Drouville, Voyage en Perse. Pendant les Annees 1812 et 1813. Herzfeld. Iran in the Ancient East. Flandin & Coste. Voyage en Perse (3 elephant folio atlas volumes). And many others, photograph of the spine titles available at our website. Lot Amendments Condition: A number of the boards appear to have adhered to each other at some point with resulting loss of surface paper in some spots and spots of adhered paper in others, a few spines chipped; still very good. Item number: 246144