Rousseau, S.

[Title in Persian = Mukhtasar-i lughat-i farsi] or, a vocabulary of the Persian language. In two parts. Persian and English, and English and Persian

[London]: J. Sewell ... Murray and Highley ... J. Debrett, and the Editor, 1802. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], x, [9]-484 columns, [2]; text in Farsi and Roman character throughout; nice copy in mid-20th century quarter tan calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine. "Printed by [the author] S. Rousseau at the Arabic and Persian Press, Wood Street, Spa Fields." The author is identified on the title page as a "teacher in the Persian tongue." His was the first Oriental press in England. Not in Zaunmuller or Vancil. Item #42815

Price: $2,250.00