FITZGERALD, Edward.
The Letters And Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald.
LIMITED TO JUST 20 DELUXE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED SETS.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1903.
7 volumes complete. 9 inches tall. Half morocco by Jackel. Magnificent bindings with gilt raised bands, fine floral tooling with red and white onlays and a gilt top edges. Extra illustrated (with water colours and rare prints) Edition Limited to 20 copies. Volume 1 is from set No.1, volumes 2 - 7 from set No.12. Somehow this set has been made up from two of the Deluxe limited sets, this is drawn to one's attention by the fact that volume 1 is green and the remaining volumes are faded to a light brown.
None the less it is a beautiful set of this famously rare edition that contains various translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
£1200.00
(equal to approx. US$1854.20* or €1437.82* for 4 September 2010)
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