THE MESNEVI
(Usually known as The Mesneviyi Sherif, or Holy Mesnevi) OF MEVLANA (OUR LORD) JELALU 'D-DIN MUHAMMED ER-RUMI.
Book the First.
Together with some Account of the Life and Acts of the Author, of his Ancestors, and of his Descendants.
Illustrated by a Selection of Characteristic Anecdotes, as Collected by their Historian,
Mevlana Shemsu-'D-Din Ahmed, el Eflaki, el 'Arifi.
Translated, and the Poetry Versified, in English,
By James W. Redhouse, M.R.A.S., &c.
"A complete treasury of occult Oriental lore."—Saturday Review.
"This book will be a very valuable help to the reader ignorant of Persia, who is desirous of obtaining an insight into a very important department of the literature extant in that language."—Tablet.
Post 8vo, pp. xvi.-280, cloth, price 6s.