Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 391

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(RUBÁIYÁT) Omar Khayyám. The Rubáiyát. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. 20 uncut and unopened leaves, decorated with floral and figurative printing, each page beautifully hand-colored in watercolors. Small folio, boards lettered in green and gold, some moderate toning and rubbing; internally crisp. New York: Laurentian Press, 1902

Additional Details

number 18 of 95 copies on Whatman hand-made paper, from a total edition of 110. A lovely Rubáiyát designed, arranged, and printed under the direction of Arthur H. Hahlo and George S. Hellman at the Laurentian Press.