Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzegerald with an introduction by A C Benson, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With an introduction by A C Benson. Reproduced from a Manuscript Written & Illuminated by F Sangorski & G Sutcliffe, London: Siegle, Hill and Co., Circa 1910s

Unpaginated but 112 pages along with calligraphy text to each page; heavily gilt-pictorial full cream buckram covers (featuring a large and elaborately figured peacock surrounded by leaves), with a gilt title and decoration on the spine; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt, others uncut
13.6 x 9.6 x 1.2 in (32 x 24 x 3 cm)

Illustrated by F Sangorski and G Sutcliffe. Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzerald. Sangorski and Sutcliffe's interpretations of the Rubaiyat are justly famous and among their most important work. The pair are better known as the founders of the eponymous firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901, considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the twentieth century.

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