The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám
London: H. S. Nichols Ltd., 1898. Second edition, carefully revised and considerably expanded. Hardcover. Quarto. [12] xlii, 320pp. Original three-quarter red Morocco with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine. Top edge gilt. Textured red endpapers. Beautiful frontispiece engraving in three colors with tissue guard. Original title page printed in red and black, beautifully decorated and framed in red and black. Second edition title page printed in red and black. Decorative head- and endpieces.
A facsimile of the manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Contains English translation and 42 plates with reproductions of the original manuscript printed to glossy paper. Edited with notes, bibliographical references, and a comparative study of the original texts, rendered lithographically, and an introduction by Edward Heron-Allen. Printed by H. S. Nichols, LTD in London. Binding with light wear along edges, lightly rubbed with small scuff in upper foredge corner of back cover. Tissue guard for frontispiece with small hole. Block lightly age-toned. Very good condition. Item #55799
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