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2631
Firdowsi; Welch, Stuart Cary 
King's book of kings, A: The Shah-nameh of Shah Tahmasp
London, Thames & Hudson   1972 
199pp; Illus (55 col); 32x22cm   Cloth in slipcase

Published to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire accompanying an exhibition of paintings from the Royal manuscript from the 1520s to 1530s, known as the Houghton Manuscript, held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, of 28 pages with illustrations