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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fgitzgerald with an Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder

Fitzgerald, Edward (Trans.) and Vedder, Elihu (Illust.) · Boston

Author
Fitzgerald, Edward (Trans.) and Vedder, Elihu (Illust.)
Date
1884
Place
Boston
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin and Company
Language
English
Binding
Folio.(12.5" x 15.5") 56 leaves of plates, 8 leaves of text, as called for. Full brown cloth over beveled boards, upper board with all over gilt decoration and gilt lettering, rear blank. Spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, medium green endpapers with grapevine decorated pastedowns. Engraved bookplate of Isador H. Coria (December 10, 1875 – May 26, 1943) was an American psychiatrist and neurologist and one of the first American psychoanalysts. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with fraying, loss to tips. Lighter stains to head of both boards with minor soiling, stains. Head and foot of spine starting to fray, chipped with small loss. Dings to board edges. Prior owners name in ink neatly to first free endpaper and first free flyleaf.Spots of foxing found throughout, affecting plate images.
Category
Science & Medicine
Record
S.I.10013

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fgitzgerald with an Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder. Edward Fitzgerald (Trans.) and Elihu Vedder (Illust.). 1884. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Folio.(12.5" x 15.5") 56 leaves of plates, 8 leaves of text, as called for. Full brown cloth over beveled boards, upper board with all over gilt decoration and gilt lettering, rear blank. Spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt, medium green endpapers with grapevine decorated pastedowns. Engraved bookplate of Isador H. Coria (December 10, 1875 – May 26, 1943) was an American psychiatrist and neurologist and one of the first American psychoanalysts. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with fraying, loss to tips. Lighter stains to head of both boards with minor soiling, stains. Head and foot of spine starting to fray, chipped with small loss. Dings to board edges. Prior owners name in ink neatly to first free endpaper and first free flyleaf. Spots of foxing found throughout, affecting plate images.

Condition

Good

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