The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated into English verse by Edward FitzGerald. With illustrations photographed from life studies by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming

Omar Khayyám

Verlag: London: George G. Harrap, 1914

Beschreibung

4to. Green cloth gilt, top edge gilt; 28 full-page tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards. Spine slightly darkened, covers very slightly marked, top corners a little bumped. Inscribed, "To Elsie Baer with affectionate greetings 11th August 1918": later that year Elsie Baer married Alfred Bendit; their daughter Susan (later Lasdun) was born in 1929. First UK edition; the book first appeared (in a different format) in Boston in 1905. The illustrators express gratitude to Joaquin Miller ("Poet of the Sierras"), George Sterling (poet "King of Bohemia"), George W. James "and others" for posing - discreetly not identifying the female models who appear unclothed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21M100102

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated ...

Verlag: London: George G. Harrap

Erscheinungsdatum: 1914

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good