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JOURDAIN, Amable Louis Michel Brechillet.
La Perse ou tableau de l'histoire, du gouvernement, de la religion, de la litterature, etc., de cet empire des moeurs et coutumes du ses habitans...
Amable Jourdain (1788-1818) was a French historian and Orientalist, a specialist on Persia, and a student of two leading French Orientalists Louis-Mathieu Langles and Silvestre de Sacy. The plates in this book depict ceremonies, sporting, customs, landscapes, ruins, etc.
- Published
- Paris: 1814.
- References
- Coll. Diba, p.162; Brunet III, col. 578; Nouv. biogr. g
- Plates
- 37
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: 1814.
- Ref
- 115
5 vols. 12 mo. Contemporary polished light brown calf, spine richly gilt with gilt titles, sides with gilt and blind borders, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Thirty-two engraved full-page plates of which 30 are hand coloured, and 7 hand-coloured folding engraved plates with Persian costumes and folklore, city views, landscapes, musical instruments, etc. (2), XV, 218, (2, erroneously numb. 268); (4), 265; (2), 226; (2), 288; (2), 327 pp. Rare FIRST EDITION of an interesting description of the geography, history, government, law system, religion, and literature of the Persian empire with refined illustrations of views, musical instruments, costumes, court life, etc. by the French orientalist, philologist, and secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Amable Louis Marie Michel Brechillet Jourdain (1788-1818), who tried to write, as he says, an informative work in the style of the 'Republiques' of Elzevier and the successful and popular works Chine en miniature and Moeurs des Ottomans. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Fath Ali Chah. Roi de Perse regnant. 2. Vue de Theheran. 3. Takti Cadjar maison, residence du Roi. 4. Ruine de Persepolis. Volume 2. 5. Frontispiece. Femmes Persane. Volume 3. 6. Frontispiece. Costume des Persans. 7. Abbas 1st / Nadir-Chah. 8. Itchic agasi, Maitre des Ceremonies. 9. Esclave noire du Serail / Eunuque noir du Serail. 10. Marche d'une reine de Perse. 11. [Due to close binding, unable to read caption]. 12. Investiture d'une dignite. Volume 4. 13. Frontispiece. Femmes persannes en prieres. 14. Le Mehdi 12th imam des Persans. 15. Persans en prieres. 16. Docteurs persans. 17. Ecole Persane. 18. Maitre d'ecrediture et son eleve. 19. Kerim Kan / Aga Mohammed. 20. [Due to close binding, unable to read caption] 21. Femme Persane dans le harem. 22. Persan dans son serail. 23. Repas persan. 24. Divertissemens d'un village persan. 25. Hour Kaneh, maison d'exercise. 26. Tournois Persan. 27. Persan sumant le Narquil. Volume 5. 28. Frontispiece. Armeniens. 29. Banian et sa femme / Guevre et sa femme. 30. Femme Armenienne. 31. Persan / Curde. 32. [Due to close binding, unable to read caption] 33. [As above.] 34. Puits Persan. Instruments d'Agriculture. 35. Instruments de Musique. Fig A 36. Instruments de Musique. Fig B 37. Instruments de Musique. Fig C
