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Bjerregaard, Carl Henrik A. (1845-1922) Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald, one of 26 copies.
New York: J.F. Taylor & Co., 1902.
Limited edition, quarto; number 23 of 26 Ramazan copies printed, signed by Bjerregaard in ink on the limitation; text from Fitzgerald's fourth edition printed in red and black; with an additional chromolithograph title, six hand-colored plates, some heightened in gold, and three monochrome plates, all protected by captioned tissue guards; bound in full green morocco, gilt-tooled with a grape cluster, each grape onlaid with purple morocco, wide gilt-tooled turn-ins over red morocco doublures, red moire silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves (faint offsetting; spine sunned, rear board with some scratches, lower hinge starting); 12 1/8 x 9 in.
C.H.A. Bjerregaard, a renowned mystic and theosophist born in Copenhagen in 1845, trained as a botanist before migrating to America in 1873. In New York, he became a cataloger for the Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations of the New York Public Library. During his time there, Bjerregaard delved deeply into spiritualist and mystical texts, which not only influenced his own writings but also lead him to expand the library's collection of theosophical works. Outside of the library, he was associated with various esoteric traditions and circles, however his primary focus lay with Sufism. Among his many articles and books on the subject, the present lot is his most well-known.
