The Dabistán, or School of Manners, Vol. I
Translated by David Shea and Anthony Troyer
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The opening
CHAPTER I. OF THE RELIGION OF THE PARSIAN.
OF THE RELIGION OF THE PARSIAN.
This chapter is divided into fifteen sections.
SECT. I. of the religious tenets and ceremonies of the Sipdsidn.
SECT. II. of the distinguished men amongst the Sipas idn.
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About this edition
- The words
- David Shea and Anthony Troyer's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 13 places
- The library's stamp on the scanned copy (University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign) (4 blocks)
- Half-title of the volume (2 blocks)
- Printer's imprint (Madame Veuve Dondey-Dupré, Paris) (2 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- Half-title “THE DABISTAN, OR SCHOOL OF MANNERS.” (2 blocks)
- A speck the OCR read as marks (no word) (7 blocks)
- Printer's signature number at the foot of the page (6 blocks)
- Closing line “END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.”
- Printer's imprint (Paris, Madame Veuve Dondey-Dupré) (2 blocks)