First American to live in Iran, 1843
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Author: Perkins, Justin
Title: A Residence of Eight Years in Persia Among the Nestorian Christians with Notices of the Muhammedans
Place Published: Andover
Publisher:Allen, Morrill & Wardwell
Date Published: 1843
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xviii, [2], 512 pp. With frontispiece lithograph portrait of Muhammed Shah, King of Persia and 26 lithograph plates (23 hand-colored, folding map (36.5x49.8 cm; 14½x19½"). (8vo) 23.4x14.4 cm (9¼x5¾"), rebound in quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, original cloth spine strip retained, patterned endpapers. First Edition.
Justin Perkins was an American Presbyterian missionary and linguist. He was the first citizen of the United States to reside in Iran, and he became known for his work among the people there as an "apostle to Persia".
Condition Report: Light wear; minor wave to leaves, hints of foxing; long tear on map repaired; very good overall.
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Author: Perkins, Justin
Title: A Residence of Eight Years in Persia Among the Nestorian Christians with Notices of the Muhammedans
Place Published: Andover
Publisher:Allen, Morrill & Wardwell
Date Published: 1843
Description:
xviii, [2], 512 pp. With frontispiece lithograph portrait of Muhammed Shah, King of Persia and 26 lithograph plates (23 hand-colored, folding map (36.5x49.8 cm; 14½x19½"). (8vo) 23.4x14.4 cm (9¼x5¾"), rebound in quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, original cloth spine strip retained, patterned endpapers. First Edition.
Justin Perkins was an American Presbyterian missionary and linguist. He was the first citizen of the United States to reside in Iran, and he became known for his work among the people there as an "apostle to Persia".
Condition Report: Light wear; minor wave to leaves, hints of foxing; long tear on map repaired; very good overall.
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