‎KLEUKER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH.‎
‎Zend-Avesta im Kleinen, das ist Ormuzd's Lichtgesetz oder Wort des Lebens an Zoroaster dargestellt in einem wesentlichen Auszuge aus den Zendbüchern...‎

‎Riga, Hartknoch, 1789. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Wear to binding and previous owner's names to front free end-paper. Internally with light occassional brownspotting and a few marginal underlinings in pencil. (20), 190, (16) pp.‎

Reference : 62861

‎First edition of this early German work on Zoroastrianism being an abridged edition of Kleuker’s larger 3-volume work published between 1776 and 1783. His work was in part based on Anquetil-Duperron’s “Zend-Avesta, Ouvrage de Zoroastre”, 1771, which had only recently introduced these texts to Western readers.‎