NO RESERVE!!! A magnificent Shahnameh or Shahnama (The Persian Book of Kings) in the original Persian language. Published by the renowned "Amir Kabir" publishers in 1971 in Tehran and allegedly printed in West Germany, this majestic book was launched for the occasion of "2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire" in the same year and was gifted by the Shah of Iran to the foreign dignitaries who visited Persepolis en masse. Several lavishly illustrated pages with true gold burnish and every single page has gilt lining. With 1,056 pages, the book weighs a whooping 8.8 kg without any packaging. Condition: The book is intact, no missing pages. Some library or bookstore stamps on a few pages in the beginning of the book with the top corners slightly damaged, consistent with age. Tape wear on the cover. Please see photos. Shipping ONLY to: EU/EEA/CH, UK, China & Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, GCC and OECD countries (Excluding Turkiye).