OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). Rubiyt ... rendered into English verse. Translation by Edward Fitzgerald. London & New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. 8 (200 x 138mm). Contemporary vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath, the green-stained vellum with some heightening with various gilt-tooling, the upper cover with all over design of a standing semi-clad female figure, a wine jar supported on her left shoulder, with a background of styllised foliage, flowers and grapes, the lower cover showing a styllised tree, a dove in its branches, a wine jug, a book and a wood-wind instrument at its foot, the flat spine with polychrome title, gilt and green-stained turn-ins, g.e. (small splits to upper joints, slight curling to turn-ins). Provenance: Christian Wells (bookplate, inscription, dated St.Louis 1904); Francis Kettaneh (booklabel).