The Shâhnâmeh of Ferdowsi, The Baysonghori manuscript, An album of miniatures and illuminations, Tehran: 1971. Large folio volume, 70 pages of text 34 color plates. Trilingual English, French, German. Published for the celebration of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire. Introduction and commentary by Basil Gray. Bound in blue percaline embossed with mandorla decoration, with dust jacket. Dust jacket damaged.