Author: OMAR KHAYYAM Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Marie Preaud Webb.
Description: London, James Hewetson & Son. 1910. Leather, 7 x 6 inches. Ill.: Marie Preaud Webb. No marks or inscriptions. A clean slightly foxed copy with uncreased oversize soft red suede leather boards, gilt top of page edges, rubbed/faded gilt lettering to spine, very clear gold embossing to front and small pieces missing from corners. Unpaginated pp. The classic poem from the 12th century mathematician and poet. With four full-page illustrations by Marie Webb plus four other small illustrations in the text. Fair.
Keywords: Poetry, Persia, Persian Literature, 12th Century, Omar Khayyam, the Queen's Quartos Literature / Authors / Poetry Marie Preaud Webb
Price: GBP 40.00 = appr. US$ 57.12 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 023856
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