Variant titles: Ehon tōshisen 繪本唐詩選 [絵本唐詩選]; Tōshisen ehon 唐詩選繪本 [ 唐詩選絵本]. Imprint: Edo: various publishers, 1788 [Tenmei 8]-1836 [Tenpō 7]. Description: 6 parts in 30 volumes, now rebound in 1 volume western style. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Contents: An illustrated anthology of Chinese poetry from th...
The Lord's Prayer in Korean, written in Hangŭl with a phonetic rendering in the Latin alphabet. Explanatory note in French begins "Extrait d'une lettre de M Raix missionaire de la congregation de la mission a Pekin et un de mandarins Europeins dans le tribunal des mathematiques de cette capita...
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه by Zartusht Bahrām
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The Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām ibn Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century describing Arda Viraf's journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards. Copied by the Rev. John Hadd...