379 - Görres, J. The Heroic Book of Iran from Ferdowsi's Shah Nameh. 2 vols. Berlin, Reimer, 1820. XVI, CCXLVII, 271 pp.; VI pages, 1 leaf, 467 pages, 1 leaf. With 2 colored folded copperplate engravings and 1 multi-folded map. Simple contemporary paper bindings (somewhat rubbed and bumped).

Görres, J. The Heroic Book of Iran from Ferdowsi's Shah Nameh. 2 vols. Berlin, Reimer, 1820. XVI, CCXLVII, 271 pp.; VI pages, 1 leaf, 467 pages, 1 leaf. With 2 colored folded copperplate engravings and 1 multi-folded map. Simple contemporary paper bindings (somewhat rubbed and bumped). Goedeke VI, 205, 28. - First German edition. - Deluxe edition with colored copperplate engravings of the first partial translation of the Persian national epic, comprising over 50,000 verses, which Ferdowsi composed between 982 and 1014 and which is considered the foundational text of the Persian written language. When Görres supported the liberal movement against Metternich's policies in 1819 with his pamphlet 'Germany and the Revolution', he could only escape the arrest warrant by fleeing. During his Swiss exile, he then published the 'Book of Heroes' (World Literature, page 614). - Wide-margined, untrimmed print. - Map with a repaired tear at the edge. Contemporary reader list of a presumed Frankfurt society mounted on a mirror (including Senator Scharff, Senator Schmidt, and Mr. Hiepe).