Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, an artist’s miniature book
(Gem Edition) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur. With an Address by the Hon. John Hay. Reprint of Translation (4th Edition) rendered into English Verse by Ed. Fitzgerald. Privately Printed. [London.?] MCMV. (1905.) 4.25” x 2.625”. Black and white etchings signed with a ‘V’ in most of the plates.
A large paper copy, printed in black with red. Bound in full brown leather with green inlays at the corners which are intricately tooled with a floral design on both covers; simple rectangular gilt tooled design on the brown leather links the four corners. Spine with four raised band, gilt design as well as gilt title and date of publication. Doublures with a rim of brown leather with the rectangular gilt tooling and an inlay of green floral paper with light silver flecks which is also used as the front free endpapers. This is repeated for the back inside cover. All edges gilt. No. 87 in an edition of 105 copies. Handwritten in red ink ‘For Presentation only F.S.’ on the verso of the page preceding the title page. On the title page itself, in red ink, is the signature of ‘F.S.’ and the date ‘August 1905’. Two small marks on the front cover, and an even smaller mark on the back cover, nevertheless in beautiful condition.
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