first edition xxvii, [1], 650, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1854 · Hertford
Hertford: Printed and Published by Stephen Austin, Bookseller to the East-India College, 1854. First edition. xxvii, [1], 650, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. A few traces of wear at extremities, generally a Fine, fresh copy. First edition. xxvii, [1], 650, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 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. (Inventory #: 222154)