The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer Poet of Persia Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitgerald with an Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder, Houghton Mifflin and Company Boston, 1884, Folio.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer Poet of Persia Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitgerald with an Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder, Houghton Mifflin and Company Boston, 1884, Printed by Riverside Press Cambridge Ma. Folio 13" X 16". First Vedder illustrated edition. Lithographed frontispiece, Title page, publisher's mark, dedication, and 47 illustrations accompany the poem. Artist's signature page, three pages of "Notes on the Illustrations", three and a half page appendix, two pages of "Notes on the Text", list of illustrations. Printing on one side of each leaf only. Exquisitely gilt-decorated brown cloth over beveled boards. Top edge gilt. Grapevine decorated endpapers. Corners slightly bumped else very good. Slight foxing, mostly on end papers and borders. Interesting ownership letter/s accompanying book. PLEASE NOTE: **If you are ordering from outside of the USA or Canada you must email lisrose@ararefindbooks.com for shipping charges prior to ordering**