Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and with Introduction by A.C. Benson.

SANGORSKI, G. & SUTCLIFFE, F. / KHAYYAM, Omar

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED RUBAIYAT

SANGORSKI, G. & SUTCLIFFE, F. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and with Introduction by A.C. Benson.

Siegle, Hill & Co., 1910.

First Deluxe edition, number 529 of 550 copies, printed on hand made paper and signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Folio. Full white vellum with elaborate gilt decoration to the upper cover, depicting a very regal looking peacock. Gilt embellishments to the spine and an olive green spine label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece and title page illuminated in full colour. Ten other colour illuminations. The text is beautifully printed in red and black. Decorative initials are in red and gold. A very good copy indeed, bright, gleaming gilt, clean vellum, with just slight dustiness to the extremities and label slightly scuffed.

The lavish decoration and sumptuous embellishments give this the feel of a medieval manuscript. A fabulous production of this most famous of philosophical poems.

Stock ID: 40821

Sold

We have sold this item, but similar items
may become available in the future

Register interest Add to favourites

Browse related books

Child Verses & Poems

PRIESTMAN, Austin

£175.00

Child's Play

BOYLE, Eleanor Vere [E.V.B.]

£150.00

Poems of Passion and Pleasure

TENNANT, Dudley / WILCOX, Ella Wheeler

£750.00

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman

CRUIKSHANK, George

£30.00

Inscribed Christmas Card

SHEPARD, E.H.

£1,250.00

The Fables of Esope

PARKER, Agnes Miller

£7,500.00

The Garden of Kama

SHAW, Byam

£150.00

Painter and Poet

BRETT, Simon / FANTHORPE, U. A.

£45.00

A Box of Paints

RUTHERSTON, Albert / SCOTT, Geoffrey

£125.00

Change

HARDIE, George / RAINE, Craig

£45.00

Pen Pals

McGOUGH, Roger / NEWNHAM, Annie

£25.00

The Monster Den

GOREY, Edward / CIARDI, John

£45.00

The Squirrel and the Crow

COPE, Wendy / [LORD, John Vernon]

£35.00

The King of the Golden River

RACKHAM, Arthur / RUSKIN, John

£1,750.00

A Child's Garden of Verses

ROBINSON, Charles / STEVENSON, Robert Louis

£375.00

Games for Playtime & Parties

TARRANT, Margaret W. / WILMAN, Stanely V.

£75.00

Songs With Music

STEVENSON, Robert Louis / TARRANT, Margaret W.

£65.00

Poems From the Works of Charles Cotton

FRASER, Claude Lovat / COTTON, Charles

£25.00

The Seasons

THOMSON, James

£45.00

The Faber Book of Children's Songs

LE CAIN, Errol

£75.00