Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Salaman and Absal of Jami

by Fine Binding - Zaehnsdorf, Edward Fitzgerald

$1,750 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1879. Fourth edition. Full green crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Elaborately stamped in gilt on the front and rear covers with a floral border and intricate vine patterns in the central compartments. Orange silk end papers and paste-downs, top edge gilt. With the Zaehnsdorf gilt exhibition stamp on the rear paste-down. Spine faded to brown and slight rubbing to the joints

• Binding: Leather

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