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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered Into English Verse.
by CHIVERS BINDING - FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,, 1903. Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, / A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou A superb copy of the Rubáiyát, finely bound by Cedric Chivers after an art nouveau design by the illustrator Herbert Granville Fell (1872-1951). The front cover depicts a woman pouring wine from a jug; the rear depicts a tree, with a singing bird in the leaves and "a flask of wine and book of verse" underneath. Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubáiyát was first published in 1859; he continued to revise the poem throughout his life, publishing his fourth and final edition in 1879. The present publication prints the text of Fitzgerald's first and fourth editions, as well as his preface and notes, with an appendix on "variations between the second, third, and fourth editions". Octavo (207 x 147 mm). Finely bound by Cedric Chivers of Bath in full brown modelled calf, title to spine etched by hand, covers moulded after design by Herbert Granville Fell, spine and covers dotted and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a custom cloth folding box. Binding fresh, outer leaves lightly foxed, a near-fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166182
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
- Author
- CHIVERS BINDING - FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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