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THE GULISTAN;

OR,

ROSE-GARDEN,

BY

SHEKH ;USLIHU'D.DIN SADI OF SHIRAZ,

TRANSLATED

FOR THE FIRST TIME INTO PROSE AND VERSE, WITH AN INTRODUTIONARY PREFACE, AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, FROM THE ATIKH KADAH

BY

EDWARD B. EASTWICK, F.R.S., M.E.A.S

OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD; MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOUETIERS OF PARIS AND BOMBAY; AND PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES AND LIBRARIAN IN THE EAS INDIA COLLEGE, HAILBEBURY.

HERTFORD: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN, BOOKSELLER TO THE EAST INDIA COLLEGE - M.D.CCC.LII.