Brown (John P.) The Darvishes or Oriental Spiritualism…
£95
edited with introduction and notes by H.A. Rose
London, OUP, 1927.
First edition thus, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
A study of Sufi orders and ceremonial practice in the Ottoman Empire, originally compiled by Brown (a U.S. diplomat in Istanbul) in the mid-19th century and reissued here with scholarly additions by H.A. Rose.
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