U Istokov Turetskoii Literatury [At the Roots of Turkish Literature]. No. 1: Jelal ed-din Rumi- voprosy mirovozreniia [Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi- problems of world outlook]
Tbilisi: Metzniereba, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 299pp. Black cloth boards with white lettering on front and spine, in a black illustrated dust jacket. Released under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. Inside front flap of dust jacket in English: "a critical study of Jelal ed-din Rumi, a major oriental poet and mystic. The author considers extensively metaphysical, ontological, gnoseological, and aesthetic problems...." Two title pages, one in Turkish and Georgian, the other in Russian. Text in Russian, with extended excerpts of Rumi in Persian. Dust jacket rubbed, scuffed, lightly chipped along edges. Boards rubbed. Interior clean, several pages dog-eared on bottom. Overall good condition. g. Item #22976
Price: $45.00