RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY EDWARD FI...

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£300 - £500

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY EDWARD FITZGERALD, ILLUSTRATED BY BLANCHE McMANUS, PUBLISHED BY LONDON: THE DE LA MORE PRESS, 52 HIGH HOLBORN, 1901
Of this Edition of Edward Fitzgerald’s First translation of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 500 copies were printed on Dutch Hand-made Paper, September MDCCCCI (1854), THE DE LA MORE PRESS: LONDON, 50 pages, 13 coloured illustrations, untrimmed pages, 75 quatrains, bound with a striking example of gilt decoration with a stylized floral design on front cover, gilt-stamped title on the spine

22.5 x 19cm