Lot 129
- 129
Omar Khayyam
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Omar Khayyam
- [Fitzgerald, Edward]. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859
- ink and paper
8vo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 ins.; 205 x 145 mm). Very light pencil underlining, two short closed tears in lower margins first two text pages. Crushed red levant by Riviere, turn-ins with triple gilt rules and floral device at corners, edges gilt. Cloth case.
Provenance
Jean Hersholt (signed bookplate to front pastedown)
Catalogue Note
first edition, one of only 250 copies printed, of which the majority were remaindered at a penny each.