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(ZOROASTER.) Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe, translator and editor. Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage de Zoroastre. 13 engraved plates. Half-titles. 2

(ZOROASTER.) Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe, translator and editor. Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage de Zoroastre. 13 engraved plates. Half-titles. 2 volumes in 3. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, top of spines worn, otherwise a handsome set. Paris: N.-M. Tillard, 1771

  • Notes: first edition in french and first European translation of the sacred writings of Zoroastrianism and its latter-day Parsi adherents, also containing a long account of the translator's travels and studies in India, a life of Zoroaster, discussions of Zoroastrian and Parsi cosmogony, theology, and observances, and a Zend-Pahlavi-French glossary. Caillet 313.

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