The adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England. In two volumes

[Morier, James Justinian]

Published by John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London, 1828

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. xxxii, 306, [2]; [4], 352; half-title in volume II only, per Sadleir; original brown paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spine; front hinge cracked at the title page in volume I; all else generally very good. At the top left corner on outside of front board is a bright green octagonal bookseller s ticket: "Sold by / Hodges & Smith / Bookellers & stationers /No. 21 College green, / Dublin." Morier (1780-1849) was a diplomat and a writer. "His fame depends on The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), a picaresque romance of Persian life that long influenced English ideas of Persia; its Persian translation (1905) led to the development of the modern Persian novel of social criticism. The first of a series of novels written by Morier after he retired, Hajji Baba drew on the knowledge of Persia and its people that he had acquired on the British embassy staff at Tehr?n (1809 15) and in journeys described in two travel books" (Britainnia). Sadlier 1794; Wolff 4926.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England. In two volumes
• Publisher: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London
• Publication Date: 1828
• Edition: 1st Edition
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