a) THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with coloured plates from drawings by Abanindro Nath Tagore, London: Leopold B. Hill
Size: 9.5 x 6.5 in
b) THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald,with four illustrations by Jessie M. King, London: G. Routledge & Sons, ltd
Size: 5 x 4 in
c) THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM [FITZGERALD'S VERSION]
With 12 illustrations by Abanindro Nath Tagore
London: The Studio, 1910
Size: 12.5 x9.5 in
Original drop over portfolio with 12 colour plates, each individually tipped-in on thick card sheets within frames and covered with tissue guards carrying the quatrain on which each painting is based printed in red.
Together with a 16-page string-bound booklet carrying the 75 quatrains of the first edition [1859] of Edward Fitzgerald's version
Portfolio of paper-covered boards with cloth spine and with the title-ticket pasted on cover.
This large portfolio is not to be confused with the later smaller versions issued by Leopold Hill in book form in the 1920s.
The set of prints contained in original fold-over portfolio.
Size of prints: 7.5 x 5.25 in
Size of cardboard mounts: 12 x 9.5 in
Size of portfolio: 12.5x 9.5 in
PROVENANCE:
Property from an Eminent Parsi Collection, UK
This lot is from the collection of an eminent Parsi gentleman based in London. He began collecting books over 25 years ago, when he studied History of Art at Cambridge in the 1980s. His initial focus was on the Bombay Progressives. He is now offering a selection from his library with favourites ranging from Amrita Sher-gil, George Keyt, M F Husain and F N Souza, and a very rare privately printed, limited edition book illustrated by Bhupen Kakhar.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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