Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1896. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], x-clxxix, [3], 3-203, [3]; [5], vi, [3], 208-597, [3] pp. Cream cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; top edges gilt. Title pages printed in red and black. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Edward Fitzgerald; volume two with a frontispiece portrait of a German translator. The set is numbered 119. English, French, and German translations comparatively arranged in accordance with the text of Edward Fitzgerald's version. With further selections, notes,biographies, a bibliography, and other material collected and edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. Very Good. Item #000010944
Spines with a stray pen mark, a few hinges neatly repaired, a bookplate on each front pastedown.
Price: $250.00