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Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, limited edition with illuminated additions.
Wausau, WI: Printed by Van Vechten & Ellis for The Philosopher Press, 1901.
Unique limited edition, folio; number 91 of 100 printed in September 1901; later illuminated by Charles M. Plein in October of 1915; with a signed, full-page original watercolor enclosed in an illuminated border on parchment tipped-in before title, each page of text with elaborate borders hand-decorated in various colors; bound in three quarter maroon morocco over marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers; housed in a custom red cloth slipcase; 12 x 9 1/2 in.
