OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). A collection of 98 editions of the Rubiyt. Edward Fitzgerald and others translators. [Various places: various dates].

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OMAR Khayym (d. circa 1123). A collection of 98 editions of the Rubiyt. Edward Fitzgerald and others translators. [Various places: various dates].

The highlights of the collection are:
OMAR Khayym. Rubiyt ... Illustrated by Ronald Balfour. London: Constable and Company, 1920. 4 (282 x 222mm). 38 mounted plates (6 in full colour, 32 in black with some colour tints), illustrations, all after Balfour. Original green cloth, t.e.g. (spine slightly faded). Provenance: Samuel W.French (bookplate); Francis Kettaneh (booklabel). LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY BALFOUR, this number 34. Potter 116.

OMAR Khayym. Rubiyt ... Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F.Sangirski & G.Sutcliffe. London & Philadelphia: [1911]. Large 4 (335 x 250mm). Printed in red and black. Coloured plates and illustrations, all after Sangorski and Sutcliffe. (Occasional lightn spotting.) Original vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, elaborately blocked in gilt on spine and upper cover, the spine with onlaid green morocco lettering-piece, t.e.g., later cloth box. LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY THE LONDON PUBLISHERS, SIEGLE, HILL & CO., this number 300. Potter 81.

OMAR Khayym. Rubiyt ... with decorations by Fish. London: John Lane, 1922. 4 (290 x 230mm). Title and decorative initials printed in orange and black. Colured half-title and 19 plates, all after Anne Harriet Fish. Original cloth-backed decorated boards (corners a trifle bumped), later cloth slipcase. Potter 118.

OMAR Khayym. Rubiyt. London & Edinburgh: T.N.Foulis, 1919. 4 (280 x 200mm). Title in brown and text page surrounds printed in brown, 15 mounted coloured plates, all after Frank Brangwyn. Original vellum, title blocked in gilt on spine, t.e.g. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER. Potter 113. (98)