Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, finely bound limited edition.
London: Methuen and Co., 1901.
Limited edition, octavo; number 34 of 60 large paper copies printed on handmade paper (of which only 50 were offered for sale); text from the fifth edition with commentary by H.M. Batson and a biographical introduction by E.D. Ross; bound in full light brown morocco by Macdonald, gilt-ruled border and scalloped frame with teal morocco onlays, gilt-tooled dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut (occasional minor stains; spine a touch darkened, some chipping and repairs at joints); 9 x 5 1/2 in.
