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(ZOROASTER.) Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham-Hyacinthe, translator and editor. Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage de Zoroastre. 13 engraved plates. [2], xxxvi, [2], dxlii; [4], cxx, 432; [4], 810 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes in 3. 4to, 261x201 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, spines quite worn with portions missing, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional marginal toning, scattered minor foxing, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title and accession number on next leaf in each volume. Paris: N.-M. Tillard, 1771
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; descriptions of manuscripts; and a Zend-Pahlavi-French glossary. Caillet 313.
