The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: Methuen and Co., 1901. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #22186 .
8vo. x, (2), 283pp. One of 60 copies finely printed on handmade paper. Of the 60 copies, 50 were for sale. This is number 34.
Bound by MacDonald in full light brown morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt and with green onlays in leaf and flower shapes; the boards with gilt tooled borders and with onlays repeating the floral motifs of teh spine. Marbled endpapers and gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Trace of rubbing to the hinges else a fine copy, finely printed, in a fine binding.
Price: $750.00
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