KLEUKER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH.
Zend-Avesta im Kleinen, das ist Ormuzd's Lichtgesetz oder Wort des Lebens an Zoroaster dargestellt in einem wesentlichen Auszuge aus den Zendbüchern...
Riga, Hartknoch, 1789.
8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Wear to binding and previous owner's names to front free end-paper. Internally with light occassional brownspotting and a few marginal underlinings in pencil. (20), 190, (16) pp.
First edition of this early German work on Zoroastrianism being an abridged edition of Kleuker’s larger 3-volume work published between 1776 and 1783. His work was in part based on Anquetil-Duperron’s “Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage de Zoroastre”, 1771, which had only recently introduced these texts to Western readers.
Order-nr.: 62861
DKK 3.000,00