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BYRON, Robert.
The Road to Oxiana.
First edition, first impression, in the first issue binding. "an enquiry into the origins of Islamic art presented in the form of one of the most entertaining travel books of modern times" (ODNB). In his introduction to the 1981 re-issue, Bruce Chatwin confessed to considering it "a work of genius" which he had elevated to the status of "sacred text". He stressed that it remained an important book, as in between the "bravura passages" Byron expounds a serious thesis about the significance of Afghan influence on Persian civilization.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 15 other plates, 5 full-page maps. Cloth very bright and fresh. An excellent copy in the price-clipped and slightly rubbed jacket with a few nicks and short closed tears.
