A little bread beneath the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verse - and thou
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
First edition, Deluxe issue, no 105 of 750 copies signed by the artist. Large 4to. Full white vellum with gilt decorations and lettering. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Patterned endpapers, decorative page borders and 20 mounted colour plates under captioned tissue guards. A beautiful edition of this epic Perisan poem. In very good condition, spine somewhat darkened.
From the collection of Agnes M. Artmitage, bookplate to front pastedown.
Stock ID: 40058
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