A Single Sheet Color Print: First Edition, Quatrain 51 [Extracted from a distressed copy of the Revised Edition 1952 of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]

Edward Fitzgerald [translator]

Published by Collins, London, 1952

About this Item

This is a single sheet color print extracted from the book as indicated in the listing title, color print sheet measures 7 by 9 inches, image measures 6 by 8 inches. The cover and title page photos are for provenance purposes only and not included. The prints are color bright and very good to near fine with some foxing on borders and white areas. The printed sheet opposite, containing the Quatrain illustrated is also included with the print and is age darkened and foxed. The Title Page is included with the Frontispiece print, not the Quatrain. Note that the Quatrains have varying numbers depending on which edition the Quatrain was first published. This is evident in the corner of the color plate, i.e. 2/46 indicates Second Edition, Quatrain 46. Drawer 1.

Seller Inventory # 995733

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Single Sheet Color Print: First Edition, Quatrain 51 [Extracted from a distressed copy of the Revised Edition 1952 of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]
• Publisher: Collins, London
• Publication Date: 1952
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding
• Illustrator: Robert Stewart Sherriffs
• Condition: Very Good