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ADELAIDE HANSCOM
'The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám', 1905
First edition, As translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with twenty-eight photogravures on tissue, image size to approx. 6 x 4½in., few with printed borders in Art Nouveau style, untrimmed pages, full cloth, printed title with Persian characters on upper cover, lge. 8vo; and an undated edition with coloured photomechanical prints, full brown morocco, upper cover with gilt panels, the central panel containing naturalistic representation of three peacock feathers, the eyes inlaid in turquoise and navy blue morocco, flat back spine similarly decorated, t.e.g., each New York: Dodge Publishing Co. (2)
'The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám', 1905
First edition, As translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with twenty-eight photogravures on tissue, image size to approx. 6 x 4½in., few with printed borders in Art Nouveau style, untrimmed pages, full cloth, printed title with Persian characters on upper cover, lge. 8vo; and an undated edition with coloured photomechanical prints, full brown morocco, upper cover with gilt panels, the central panel containing naturalistic representation of three peacock feathers, the eyes inlaid in turquoise and navy blue morocco, flat back spine similarly decorated, t.e.g., each New York: Dodge Publishing Co. (2)