268pp, copiuosly illustrated with colour and black and white photographic plates. Green cloth-covered boards; design on front, gilt titles on spine; patterned endpapers. Folio. Heavy volume whose text block has dropped, volume remains tight. Dust jacket spine area sun-faded, has chipping to edges, not price clipped.
A beautifully designed book presenting highlights of Persia's natural, cultural, sacred, historic and artistic achievements from before the 1979 Iranian revolution.