Chahcanidze, V . 'The Knight in the Panther's Skin' in the Languages of the Peoples of the World.

In Georgian, Russian, English and French. 

Tbilisi, Khelovneba, 1980.
4to, 206 pp., ill.

In original hardcover and dust jacket.
Near very good condition.

'The Knight in the Panther's Skin' stands as a paramount Georgian medieval epic poem, believed to have been written in the 12th or 13th century, holding unparalleled significance within the realm of Georgian literature.
This distinctive edition offers comprehensive bibliographic research, adorned with illustrations, encompassing foreign and even emigrant editions of Shota Rustaveli's masterpiece. Within the reference book, detailed information about the translators is contained, accompanied by their portraits and images of title pages. The second segment of the book presents black and white illustrations, primarily crafted by Georgian artists, from different editions of this renowned poem.
The conception of such a book sprang from the mind of Vasily Chachanidze during his tenure at the Soviet diplomatic mission in Italy post-War.