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A history of Persian navigation. by Hadi HASAN

Creator: Hadi HASAN
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
HASAN, Hadi.

A history of Persian navigation.
With a forward by Sir Muhammad Iqbal.

Stock Code 113975
London, Methuen, 1928

Current price$1,649.00
Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of Persian maritime exploration. Amongst other matters it deals with the importance of Persia's trade with India and how it came to dominate the silk trade.

First edition. 4to. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author, xiv, 176 pp., colour frontispiece and 10 plates (1 coloured), original blue cloth gilt, to[ edge gilt others uncut, a fine copy.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern
Dealer Reference #:	113975
Incollect Reference #:	759350

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