The Persian Adventurer: Being The Sequel of The Kuzzilbash;

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A historical-romance novel in three volumes. Uncommon, VG, 1st ed, 1830. In attractive modern, & to style, half calf over contemporary green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, blind & gilt tooling, the original red calf labels with gilt titles. Internally, Vol 1, [3], (vi-xii), [1], 2-365, [1]. Vol 2, [2], [1], 2-365, [1]. Vol 3, [2], [1], 2-392 pp. Hinges strengthened, bound without the half titles, very occasional spot, printed by Abraham John Valpy. A sequel to The Kuzzilbash, a Tale of Khorasan (1826), (191*116 mm). (Sadleir 905. Bateson - Cambridge bibliography of English Lit p393). It presents a mix of real Persian political history, travel-informed detail, and romantic adventure. For readers interested in 19th-century British perspectives on Persia, novelist-traveler literature, or historical fiction set in the East, it's a very representative and rich example.