The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Omar Khayyam, Willy Pogany

$7,000 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

London: George G. Harrap. Beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany with 16 tipped-in color plates and ornate marginal designs and initials printed in turquoise. Unpaginated. 8vo, magnificently bound by Riviere & Son in full black crushed morocco, with a large multi-color oval inset on the front cover depicting Eve in front of the apple tree with lurking snake, the whole surrounded by an elaborate grape vine with leaves

• Binding: Leather

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