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R55,000
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald; illustrated by Gilbert James
London: George Routledge and sons (1904)
Small 8vo, full leather, 160pp + 12 hand-coloured plates with original tissue guards, bound in crushed levant morocco, spine is decoratively inlaid with leaves and bunches of grapes, printed on Japan vellum with watered silk ends and linings, gilt edges
Condition: Excellent; well bound.
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