ONE OF 50 COPIES WITH EXTRA PLATE
Omar
Constable, 1920.
First edition with Balfour's illustrations. Large 4to. This is the Edition de luxe, being number 16 of just 50 copies, numbered, signed and printed on Japon. Seven mounted colour plates (an extra plate in this edition which does not appear in later editions) and 32 tipped in black and white plates, several with highlights in blue or red, plus line drawings in the text. A near fine copy. Bookplate to the front pastedown.
A glorious work, inspired by Art Deco, with sensual illustration enhancing Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat.
Stock ID: 37463
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