The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with illustrations photographed from life studies by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming
London, George G. Harrap & Co., [circa 1914/ 1912 (colour edition)/ 1905].
Quarto, [53] leaves of text (most printed rectos only) with numerous decorative head- and tail-pieces plus 28 tipped-in plates (colour photogravures from photographs by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming), all with tissue-guards.
Full leather stamped in gilt with a peacock-feather design, with blue and green leather onlays; top edge gilt, others uncut (and occasionally a little chipped where opened carelessly); covers a little rubbed at the extremities, with trifling wear at the head of the spine; scattered light foxing; a few tissue-guards slightly creased; short sealed tear to the leading edge of one plate mount; a very good copy of a most attractive item.
'Adelaide Hanscom undertook the project of illustrating Omar Khayyám's popular "Rubáiyát" around 1903, using many notable Bay Area literary figures and artists as her models. The sittings with Hanscom became highly sought-after, and the project was a major professional success for her' (Getty Museum website). The work was first published by Dodge Publishing Co., New York, in 1905, with uncoloured plates. This copy is from the UK issue of the colour edition published by Dodge in 1912 (see Potter 274; his 'Coloured Oriental Edition').
Item #138385
Price (AUD):
$550.00