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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1910. Item #04870
Four Fine Plates by Jessie M. King
KING, Jessie Marion, illustrator. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. With Four Illustrations by Jessie M. King. London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., [The Broadway Booklets, 1909].
Sixteenmo (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 136 x 104 mm.). [1-2], 3-47, [1, blank] pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Frontispiece with original tissue guard and three black & white plates printed on coated paper.
Publisher's green cloth, front cover elaborately decorated in gilt in a falling rose design, spine lettered in gilt. Some light foxing otherwise a near fine copy.
White B-34.
Price: $350.00