Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. First

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. First Fitzgerald Edition.

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859.

First edition, octavo; with the early misprint "Lightning" on page 4; rebound in full dark brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Charles Scribner's Sons, decorated with a French fillet border and arabesque centerpiece medallion in gilt, spine gilt-lettered, gilt inner dentelles, maroon silk endpapers, all edges gilt; housed in a matching full brown morocco slipcase (light soiling, handful of minor repaired tears, mostly at margins, carefully repaired large tear affecting text on first page of notes section); 7 ¾ x 5 ¾ in.

One of only 250 copies printed, the majority of which were relegated to the remainder bin at Quaritch until rescued by Pre-Raphaelites Rosetti and Swinburne, who were instrumental in popularizing the poem.

Potter 1.

Provenance: Roderick Terry (1849-1933), American bibliophile and Presbyterian clergyman (his armorial bookplate featuring an image of his Linden Gate house to verso of front free endpaper).

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