THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. The First Version of Edward Fitzgerald. Drawings by Virgil Burnett.
London: The Folio Society. 1970. Second Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. The second Folio Society Edition, but the First with these Illustrations. Octavo, original decorated brown-red cloth with a design in silver by Madeline Dinkel, gilt titles of spine. Printed throughout in black & brown. 32 pp, Frontispiece and four additional full-page drawings by Burnett. Light waviness to rear endpaper; a near fine copy, in the original gold folding cardboard box with printed paper title label (a bit worn, creased and split). Near Fine in a very good folding box. Item #311654
¶ There was an earlier Folio Society Edition illustrated with persian Manuscript Plates that was first issued in 1955 and went through many printings.
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