Gulistan ou le Parterre de Roses par Sadi. Traduit du persan sur les meilleurs textes imprimes et manuscrits et accompagne de notes historiques, geographiques et litteraires.

Paris:: Firmin Didot, 1858., 1858. 12mo. XLVII, [1], 358, [2] pp. Title-page waterstained. Contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Very good. First edition. The poetry of Sa?di? translated by Defremery, with extensive commentary. / Charles Defremery (1822–1883) was a 19th-century French orientalist, specialist in Arabic and Persian history and literature. He held the chair of Arabic language and literature at the Ecole des langues orientales and was a member of the Societe Asiatique of Paris. On 2 December 1860, he was appointed corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences for the Oriental literary department. He was elected a member of the Academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1869. From 1871, he held the chair of Arabic at the College de France. [Wikip.] (Inventory #: AH1188)