Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Rene Bull. First trade edition. Hardcover. Quarto [27 cm] Light brown cloth over boards with elaborate stamping in gilt, red, brown and blue on the backstrip and front board. Foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves, and fore and bottom edges of the text block. Gentle bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Bookseller's tiny ticket to front pastedown. Very good. Item #62224
Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated in Colour and in Line by René Bull.
With 10 full page tipped-in color plates. The Golden Age, Dublin-born illustrator Rene Bull (1872-1942) is most remembered for his illustrations for the Rubaiyat and The Arabian Nights.
Price: $250.00