Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam - very nice binding
Omar Khayyam
From Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since January 18, 2021
From Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since January 18, 2021
About this Item
Thomas Crowell Co., ca. 1910. [108] pp. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated with 16 full color plates and decorative head, tail, and borders on every page by Willy Pogány. 22x15 cm (8¾x6"), bound in full morocco, elaborately decorated with arabesque designs tooled in gilt, lettering on spine in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges deckled. An elaborately illustrated and bound edition of Fitzgerald's translations of 75 quatrains by Omar Khayyam; a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Previous owner left some penciled notes including a different translation of one of the poems, as well leaving a poem 'Ode to Omar Khayyam' by Charles Hamilton Musgrove mounted to rear endpaper. Slight wear along front joint, some small scuffs spine and extremities, gilt edge a bit faded; hinges a touch tender, faint marginal toning to textblock; very good or better. bound in full morocco, elaborately decorated with arabesque designs. Seller Inventory # 751D
Bibliographic Details
Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam - very nice binding
Publisher: Thomas Crowell Co, New York
Publication Date: 1910
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Will Pogany
Condition: very good
Dust Jacket Condition: no dj as issued
Edition: 1st Edition
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