The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings

by Sheila R. Canby and Shah Tahmasp

A smaller, more accessible version of the 2011 sold-out deluxe edition, with beautiful illustrations and informative supplementary texts

The Shahnama, an epic poem from the 10th century that chronicles Iran's mythical history before the founding of Islam, has been immortalized in numerous illustrated copies. . The illuminated pages of the 16th-century Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, known as the most beautiful edition ever created,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300194544
• ISBN13: 9780300194548
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.8" x 13.2"