Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse

by Edward FitzGerald by Omar Khayyam

$3,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

Type facsimile edition of the first edition, one of 25 copies. xiii, 1, blank , 21, 1, blank pp. Printed on Van Gelder paper, with preliminary blanks, and two blanks at end. Bound without Wise’s colophon leaf. 1 vols. Small 4to. Three-quarter orange morocco spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., preserving front wrapper. Small old stain to wrapper, pages creased, but clean. Potter 2. Item #375436 The best known

• Binding: Leather

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