The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur.

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Main Author: Omar Khayyam
Corporate Author: Limited Editions Club
Other Authors: FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883, Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982 (Illustrator)
Other title:Rubāʻīyāt. English
Limited Editions Club Collection.
Format: Book
Language:English
Persian
Donor:Rare Books Collection copy gift of Francis & Muriel S. Wolle.
Local Note:Rare Books Collection copy Limited Editions Club Collection.
Published: [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1935.
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Item Description:"Edward Fitzgerald's translation into English quatrains ... a definitive text carefully selected from his five differing versions"--P. [1]
"This edition ... was decorated, designed and illuminated by hand by Valenti Angelo; fifteen hundred copies were printed ... and ... signed by Valenti Angelo"--Colophon.
Issued in decorative morocco binding, with slipcase.
Text within ornamental borders.
Printed on double leaves.
Physical Description:80 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
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Citation/References Note:Newman & Wiche. Great and good books,
Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985,
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:Rare Books Collection copy gift of Francis & Muriel S. Wolle.
Ownership and Custodial History:Rare Books Collection copy Limited Editions Club Collection.