Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Fine Binding - Unknown, Edward Fitzgerald

$8,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

Stratford-Upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1927. Later edition. Exquisitely bound, apparently by an amateur binder, although possibly an apprentice at Sangorski. Full maroon crushed morocco with an elaborate peacock design in gilt and inlaid morocco on the front board. Rear board in a more muted style, reminiscent of the Dove's Bindery. All edges gilt, with silk endpapers and paste-downs,

• Binding: Leather

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