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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM by Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrated by M. K. Sett
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons
c. 1940
15 thick sheets with red-and-green drawings and 15 sheets of black ink drawings printed on one side only. These are risque drawings by Mera Ben Kavas Sett in the style of Aubrey Beardsley.
With a 12-page booklet carrying introduction by Sett and Rubaiyat by Khayyam
All contained in a green foldover cloth portfolio
Size 11.5 x 9 inches
Condition good
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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM / Fitzgerald English version
50 plates in color by Iran's celebrated artist Hossein Behzad Miniatur
Edited by Brigadier-General Dr Hossein-Ali Nouri Esfandiary in 1949
March 1976 [First published February 1970]
Printed by Shumposha Photo Printing Co. in Japan
50 plates with couplets on facing page in English, Persian and German
Each page has text set within colourful and ornate designs
Size 12 x 8.5 inches
Lovely hardback contained in a dropover stiff-card box carrying title in English and Persian as issued
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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