ATKINSON, James (Translator) (1780-1852) Customs and Manners of the Women of Persia, and their Domestic Superstitions. London: The Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1832. 8vo (225 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette on the title-page. (Marginal spotting or dampstaining, a few pencil markings.) ORIGINAL BOARDS (spine defective, tape repairs and residue, discreet library label). FIRST EDITION. Atkinson, a surgeon, artist and scholar, translated this work from the original Persian manuscript.

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