Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n/d. Edmund Dulac. Printed from the Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Gilt decorated maroon cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine and corners frayed and worn. Scuffing, abrasions and some discoloration to boards. Decorated endpapers. Signed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Hinges starting. Tipped-in color frontispiece protected by tissue guard. The Rubaiyat was written in the late 11th and early 12th centuries by the Persian astronomer-poet, Omar Khayyam. This edition was rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated with tipped-in reproductions of color paintings by Edmund Dulac. Binding in fair, interior in very good condition. g. Item #14039
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