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OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). Rubiyt of Omar Khayym of Naishpur. Translation by Edward Fitzgerald. Campden, Gloucestershire: Essex House Press for the Omar Khayym Club, 1905. 4 (227 x 168mm). Printed on vellum. One full-page illustration by C. R. Ashbee with facing first page of decorated text, both with yellow pigment added by hand. Original green roan, titled in gilt on spine, green cloth ties (scuffed and cockled). Provenance: H. C. Plimmer (Queen's House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, bookplate); Francis Kettaneh (booklabel).
Limited edition of 105 copies, THIS NUMBER 11 OF 17 COPIES ON VELLUM. Plimmer was a member of the Omar Khayym Club. Potter 29.
Limited edition of 105 copies, THIS NUMBER 11 OF 17 COPIES ON VELLUM. Plimmer was a member of the Omar Khayym Club. Potter 29.