King Of The Harem Heaven

Fani ( the "Perishable" ), Moshan .....Shea, David; Troyer, Anthony ...( translaters ) ...with intro by A. V. Williams Jackson, Professor of Indo-Iranian Languages in Columbia University, New York: The Dabistan or School of Manners - Oriental Literature - The Religious Beliefs, Observances, Philosophic Opinions and Social Customs of the Nations of the East ...translated from the Original Persian, Washington M. Walter Dunne 1901
Very Good Photogravures after the paintings by "Gerome" & "E. M. Brede" (Illustrated with Photogravures on Japan Vellum )

....Green cloth with paper label on spine, headband, teg, front and bottom edges deckled, xv + 411 pages, with 3 tissue guarded plates, tight clean and sqaure, minor edge wear/rubbing, spine lettering fading, front board has small 1/4" hole bottom left (check the scan). Contents include: Translator's Preface / Invocation / Cult of the Parsees: The Worship Rendered to the Seven Planets; Stopping the Breath; Stages of Exaltation / The Sipasian Sect / The Code of Mahabad: The Great Angels of the First Order; The Gradations of Paradise; The Infernal Regions; What a King Should Be; The Harem / The Jamshaspian Sect / The Samradian Sect: The Khodaiyan Sect; The Radian Sect; The Shidrangian Sect; The Paikarian Sect; The Sect of Alar; The Shidabian Sect; The Akhshiyan Sect; Incestuous Marriages / Zoroastrianism: Demons and Miracles; Viraf's Excursion through Heaven and Hell / The Hundred Gates of Paradise / The Orthodox Hindu System: Physique of the Deity; Celestial Wives; Promotions in Paradise; Marriage Customs; Sacrificial Offerings / The Vedantian Sect: Fakirs and Yogis / The Sankhya Sect: Doctrines of the Yogis; Eating and Breathing; Holding the Breath; Strange Customs of the Saktains; The Illustrious Shaikh Abu Ali Hussain / The Vichnian Sect / The Vairagis Sect / The Buddhists / The Nanac Sect / The Yahuds (Jews): The Book of Adam / The Aisuyans (Christians) / The Muhammedans: An Account of the Angels; The Sonnites / Omar Khayam: The Vahadiah / The Roshenians / The Ilaliahs: Dispute of the People of Different Religions / The Great Jenghis Khan / The Religion of the Philosophers: The Future Life; The Last Judgment; The Interperetation of the Miracles of the Prophet; His Visit to Heaven / ++++. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo! First Edition First Printing No Jacket Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: ....Green cloth with paper label on spine, headband, teg, front and bottom edges deckled, xv + 411 pages, with 3 tissue guarded plates, tight clean and sqaure, minor edge wear/rubbing, spine lettering fading, front board has small 1/4" hole bottom left (check the scan). Contents include: Translator's Preface / Invocation / Cult of the Parsees: The Worship Rendered to the Seven Planets; Stopping the Breath; Stages of Exaltation / The Sipasian Sect / The Code of Mahabad: The Great Angels of the First Order; The Gradations of Paradise; The Infernal Regions; What a King Should Be; The Harem / The Jamshaspian Sect / The Samradian Sect: The Khodaiyan Sect; The Radian Sect; The Shidrangian Sect; The Paikarian Sect; The Sect of Alar; The Shidabian Sect; The Akhshiyan Sect; Incestuous Marriages / Zoroastrianism: Demons and Miracles; Viraf's Excursion through Heaven and Hell / The Hundred Gates of Paradise / The Orthodox Hindu System: Physique of the Deity; Celestial Wives; Promotions in Paradise; Marriage Customs; Sacrificial Offerings / The Vedantian Sect: Fakirs and Yogis / The Sankhya Sect: Doctrines of the Yogis; Eating and Breathing; Holding the Breath; Strange Customs of the Saktains; The Illustrious Shaikh Abu Ali Hussain / The Vichnian Sect / The Vairagis Sect / The Buddhists / The Nanac Sect / The Yahuds (Jews): The Book of Adam / The Aisuyans (Christians) / The Muhammedans: An Account of the Angels; The Sonnites / Omar Khayam: The Vahadiah / The Roshenians / The Ilaliahs: Dispute of the People of Different Religions / The Great Jenghis Khan / The Religion of the Philosophers: The Future Life; The Last Judgment; The Interperetation of the Miracles of the Prophet; His Visit to Heaven / ++++. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!Reference]

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