Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Boston: Joseph Knight Company / L.C. Page and Company, 1896. Reprint. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [9], x-clxxix, [4], 3-203, [3]; [5], vi, [3], 208-597, [3] pp. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and black 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. 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. An attractive set of an epic and beautiful poem. This edition modeled after the limited edition published by Joseph Knight Company, the primary difference is, this edition is unnumbered and the L.C. Page imprint is on the foot of the spines. Very Good+. Item #000010968
A small tear to one leaf in volume one, both front hinges slightly strained. Several gatherings unopened.
Price: $275.00