The Rubáiyát of [...].

(Brangwyn.) OMAR KHAYYAM.

The Rubáiyát of [...].

[Illustrated and Decorated by Frank Brangwyn.]

Description: 15 colourprinted plates by Frank Brangwyn, each tipped to pale grey card, tissue-guards present, title-page printed in pale grey to a design by Brangwyn and each page of text within a repeated Brangwyn design, again printed in pale grey, pp. [140], 4to, original sage-green buckram, the upper board with Brangwyn's design printed in dark brown, backstrip with lettering and Brangwyn decoration stamped in gilt, tiny spot of discolouration to cloth of lower board, top corners very gently knocked, edges untrimmed and a little browned, endpapers browned, Dutch bookseller ticket to front pastedown, dustjacket with onlaid Brangwyn illustration, backstrip panel browned and a little chipped at head, very good

Publication Details: London & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1919

Notes: The text is Fitzgerald's translation of 1859; earlier editions of the poem had been accompanied by Brangwyn's work - but here the artist adds 7 additional plates and further decorations.

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Price: £350

Subject: Modern Illustrated

Published Date: 1919

Stock Number: 70559

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