Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (T. N. Foulis, [1907]) illustrated by Gilbert James Envelope Book Leather Binding

 

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

translation by Edward Fitzgerald, illustrated by Gilbert James
T. N. Foulis, [1907]*

The first title in the series of ‘Envelope Books’ from the publishers T. N. Foulis, this copy being a first issue with three titles listed at the rear of the book. Subsequent issues, also undated, had an increasing number of titles listed as available.

Nicely re-bound in full leather, re-stitched and some pages with hinge guards. Complete, however for reasons unknown, the binder has inserted the half-title page and frontispiece between verses XX and XXI.

Hardback – full leather binding with gilt title to spine and front board, sewn-in ribbon pagemarker, housed in a buckram covered flexible slipcase. pp [not numbered], five tipped-in colour plates. Size: 7.25 x 3.75 inches approx. (185mm x 95mm).

Occasional foxing and dustiness throughout, some offsetting (see half-title), but generally pages reasonably clean. Perhaps a little tightly bound but perfectly readable.

Overall, an attractive presentation – lovely.

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*ref. [44] Ambrose George Potter, A Bibliography of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Ingpen & Grant, 1929)
*ref. [182] Ian Elfick & Paul Harris, T N Foulis – The History and Bibliography (Oak Knoll Press, 1998)

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