Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Roycroft.
East Aurora, NY: Elbert Hubbard at the Roycroft Press, 1900.
Limited edition, tall octavo; number 18 of 40 copies on Imperial Japan vellum, signed by Hubbard and illuminator Georgia Ganscho; manuscript text from Fitzgerald's fourth edition illuminated with Art Nouveau initials and decorations in pale green, yellow, and gray, initials enhanced in gilt; bound in green crushed morocco by Roycroft, front board decorated with elaborate foliate centerpiece, turn-ins with gilt foliate cornerpieces, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt (modern ownership inscriptions to front blank; binding discolored, especially at spine, joints lightly rubbed and starting at ends, spine caps bumped, area of offsetting to endleaves from turn-ins); 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.
