Apr 02, 2009 - Sale 2175

Sale 2175 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
CHEVALIER COPY OMAR KHAYYÁM. The Rubáiyát. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. 12 color plates by Gilbert James. 8vo, decorative binding by bayntun of red morocco with central panel containing title and author in gold, with image from Chapter XIII (opposite page 36) of Khayyám standing before a gate, holding a book, in green, brown, navy, turquoise, yellow, white, and green leather onlays, side panels and spine compartments with grape vine and gold onlay, gilt filleted borders on rear panel, gilt turn-ins, silk marker; watered silk endpapers, leather book label of Paul Edward Chevalier; custom 1/4 red morocco folding box by Zaehnsdorf. London and New York, [1921]