NO RESERVE!!! A mind-boggling FACSIMILE of "Shahnameh" or "Shahnama" (The Persian Book of Kings) using true gold burnish, large folios shine brightly. Title: An Album of Miniatures and Illuminations from the Baysonghori Manuscript of the Shahnameh pf Ferdowsi. Completed in 833 A.H./A.D. 1430, and preserved in the Imperial Library, Tehran. Published by: "Tehran, Central Council of the Celebration of the 2500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great" [1971]. Large folio 46x35cm. Original blind-stamped blue cloth, spine lettered in yellow, dust-wrappers, shelf-wear consistent with time, 34 true gold burnish illustrations; well preserved, and printed on thick high-quality paper. First facsimile edition, limited to 5000 copies. - Text in English, French and German. "The value of the manuscript lies not in its text but in the artistry that went into its production. It was under Baysonghor (Tamerlane's grandson), himself a connoisseur and a capable calligrapher, that the Herat school of painting, the third important school of painting in medieval Iran (after those of Tabriz and Shiraz), came into being. The "Baysonghori" manuscript was one of the most important works of this school. The manuscript's illuminations, full and half-page miniatures, contain accurate depictions of a variety of animals, and, true to the general style of the Herat school, realistic scenes of palaces, their decorations, glazed tile work, and architecture, placed in imaginary landscapes' (Encyclopaedia Iranica, online). COPAC locates two copies only, in the British Library and at Oxford." Shipping ONLY to: EU/EEA/CH, UK, China & Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, GCC and OECD countries (Excluding Turkiye).