first edition Hardcover
1968 · Lahore
by Iqbal, Mohammad; Chughtai, Abdur Rahman [illustrator]; Rahman, S. A. [introduction]
Lahore: Nisar Art Press, 1968. Hardcover. Folio, 476 pages; VG/VG; lightly faded yellow illustrated dust jacket, yellow and blue design to spine; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, some fading, mild shelfwear; with 37 tipped-in color plates, 25 black and white plates. numerous calligraphic and ornamental illustrations, many in color; Text in Urdu and English; shelved Case 11. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a Muslim poet, mystic, philosopher and political thinker of Indian descent. He wrote in Persian and Urdu and is now considered the national poet and "spiritual Iqbal's texts are illustrated here by Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1894-1975), one (truncated)