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OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). The Golden Cockerel Rubiyt translated by Edward Fitzgerald The first edition reprinted together with Fitzgerald's monk-latin version now printed for the first time ... critical essay by Sir E. Denison Ross introduction by Charles Ganz. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. Large 8 (310 x 188mm). 8 line-engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Original morocco-backed cloth gilt, t.e.g., by Snagorski & Sutcliffe (slightly soiled). LIMITED EDITION, THIS NUMBER 186 OF 270 COPIES.
[With:]
Two other limited private press editions of the Rubiyt (Ballantyne Press edition of 1901, limited to 310 copies, with frontispiece and text opening by Charles Ricketts [Potter 4]; Temple Sheen Press variorum edition of 1914, limited to 300 copies, edited by Frederick H. Evans [Potter 161]). (3)
[With:]
Two other limited private press editions of the Rubiyt (Ballantyne Press edition of 1901, limited to 310 copies, with frontispiece and text opening by Charles Ricketts [Potter 4]; Temple Sheen Press variorum edition of 1914, limited to 300 copies, edited by Frederick H. Evans [Potter 161]). (3)