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ANQUETIL Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe (1731-1805, translator). Zend-Avesta, ouvrage de Zoroastre ... Traduit en Franois sur l'Original Zend, avec les Remarques; & accompagn de plusieurs Traits propres claircir les Matires qui en sont l'objet. Paris: la Veuve Simon & fils for N. M. Tilliard, 1771. 2 volumes in three parts in 3 volumes, 4 (251 x 192mm). Half-titles. 13 engraved plates, 6 folding. (Without ?blanks e4, 3y4 [vol.I, part I] and 5K2 in vol.II.) Contemporary French figured calf gilt, triple fillet border, spine in six compartments with red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers (light scuffing to joints and extremities of spines).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The result of Anquetil Duperron's researches in India and Persia, and including his account of his travels. "Cet ouvrage, l'poque o il parut, fit une grande sensation ... Anquetil offrait enfin la curiosit des Europens les monuments originaux de ces doctrines, ou du moins des monuments d'une autorit incontestable": Biographie Gnrale II, 732. Brunet V, 1540. (3)
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. The result of Anquetil Duperron's researches in India and Persia, and including his account of his travels. "Cet ouvrage, l'poque o il parut, fit une grande sensation ... Anquetil offrait enfin la curiosit des Europens les monuments originaux de ces doctrines, ou du moins des monuments d'une autorit incontestable": Biographie Gnrale II, 732. Brunet V, 1540. (3)