[Medieval manuscripts]. Hamza-Nama I/ II. Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt,...

[Medieval manuscripts]. Hamza-Nama I/ II. Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1974/ 1982, 2 vols., 61/ 27 col. facs. plates, each w. folio size textbooklet ((2),12,(2)/ (2),9,(1)p.), juxtaposed German and Engl. text, together in 2 orig. unif. gilt cl. boxes, large folio.

- Vol.2 box sl. sunned along edges. Otherwise fine.

= Codices Selecti vol. LII/1-2. "Vollständige Wiedergabe der bekannten Blätter der Handschrift aus den Beständen aller erreichbaren Sammlungen. Erster Band: Die Blätter aus dem Museum für angewandte Kunst in Wien. Zweiter Band: Die Blätter aus dem Victoria & Albert Museum London." The most famous Islamic epic in its most renowned and beautiful form. According to the preface an integral part of the continued documentation of the Hamza-Nama would be a commentary volume which could not be produced before all pictures are published (editorial preface), since the original leaves circulate in over 40 (private) collections and have never before been examined by one person.