History of the Parsis Including Their Manners, Customs, Religion and Present Position.
London. Macmillan. 1884. First Edition. Stock ID #223672 Foundational work on the Parsis for a Western audience by influential Indian newspaper editor and administrator Dosabhai Framji Karaka (1829-1902). When referring to this item please quote stockid 223672.
Two volumes, 8 full-page illustrations including 4 chromolithograph plates, two photographic illustrations tipped in, and two black and white steel engravings, xxxiii + 332pp; viii + 350pp (the final leaf unopened), original azure linen cloth-covered boards, elaborately gilt with a cover vignette and highly embellished spine, gilt lettered, extremities a trifle rubbed and bumped, scant foxing, a highly attractive copy in very good condition.
Price: $525.00 AU