The Anvár-i Suhailí; or, The Lights of Canopus; Being the Persian Version of the Fables of Pilpay or the Book "Kalílah and Damnah, " Rendered into Persian by Husain Vá'iz U'L-Káshifí. Literally Translated into Prose and Verse, ny Edward B. Eastwick, F.R.S., F.S.A., M.R.A.S

xxvii, [1], 650, [10, ads] pp. 8vo, Hertford: Printed and Published by Stephen Austin, Bookseller to the East-India College, 1854. First edition. Original green cloth. A few traces of wear at extremities, generally a Fine, fresh copy.

Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-1883) was an orientalist and diplomat. He "was an industrious writer, and some of his books are valuable. His best-known works are his translations from the Persian of Sa'di's Gulistan (The Rose Garden) and Kashifi's Anvar-i Suhaili (The Light of Canopus), which was dedicated to Queen Victoria and was better received than Gulistan." DNB

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