________________ 2. Racconti cinesi contemporanei, edited by Primerose GIGLIESI. Bari 1964, pp. 290, 8 plates, bound. Lit. 3.500 3. M. IQBAL, Il poema Celeste e altre poesie, edited by A. BAUSANI. Bari 1965, pp. 326, 16 plates, bound. Lit. 3.500 4. PREMCHAND, Lo scrigno, racconti di vita indiana, ed. by L. P. MISHRA. Bari 1965, pp. 384, 8 plates, bound. . Lit. 3.500 5. K. HOSHI, Ore d'ozio, edited by M. MUCCIOLI. Bari 1965, pp. 275, 9 plates, bound. Lit. 3.500 A special Series is being published in this collection, Classici della Letteratura Persiana, under the joint auspices of the Royal Institute of Translation and Publication of Iran, UNESCO, and ISMEO, and under the direction of Professor Giuseppe Tucci and Professor Ehsan Yar-Shater. The first title published: NEZAMI DI GANJE, Le sette principesse, edited by A. BAUSANI. Bari 1967, pp. 266, 4 plates, bound. Lit. 3.500 LE CIVILTA DELL'ORIENTE This series aims at presenting on synthetic lines the history, the literature, the religions, the philosophy and the art of the East, and of those countries which, though belonging to Africa, like Egypt and Ethiopia, have by a long tradition moved in the sphere of Asia. The most outstanding specialists, Italian as well as foreign, have contributed to this editorial enterprise, directed by Prof. Giuseppe Tucci, and published under the auspices of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, with the collaboration of ISMEO; enriched with nearly 1.200 illustrations, and 40 colour plates, bibliographical notes and analytical index. Editor: Prof. A. Gargano. . Size 19 x 27 cm. with glazed paper jacket, and cardboard case. The whole work is divided into four volumes. Published by Gherardo Casini, Rome. Vol. I - Storia - pp. XXVII-1310, Rome 1965. (out of print). SUMMARY: Introduzione, Tucci; Egitto, DONADONI; Etiopia, MORENO; Siria antica, MOSCATI; Mesopotamia e Asia Minore, FURLANI; Asia anteriore ellenistico-romana, MazZARINO; Arabi, VECCIA VAGLIERI; Israele, BASSAN; Armenia e Georgia, SMITH; Iran antico, PAGLIARO; Iran islamico, MINORSKY; Turchi, Rossi; Afghanistan, PETECH; Subcontinente indiano (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Ceylon), PETECH; Indocina (Birmania, Thailandia, Cambogia, Laos e Viet-Nam fino al xx sec.), 26 .
