The Miracle Play of Hasan and Husain Collected from Oral Tradition by Colonel Sir Lewis Pelley
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The Miracle Play of Hasan and Husain Collected from Oral Tradition by Colonel Sir Lewis Pelley revised with explanatory notes by Arthur N. Wollaston, published in 1879. Lewis Pelly’s first major publication. His translation of the famous Shia play, Hasan and Husain. From the private library of English polymath and Persian scholar Edward Heron-Allen, famous for his translation of the works of Omar Khayyam with his bookplate on both volumes. Both volumes hardcover with gilt, boards lightly soiled with darkened spines and cover of the second volume.
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