Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Text follows the second edition of Fitzgerald's translation, rendered into 100 quatrains and illustrated by 20 tipped-in colour plates each behind a captioned tissue-guard. Publisher's red cloth with elaborate Persian-style design in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering to spine rather faded. Text on each page framed within green decorative border and plates set within brown patterned frames. No printed date given, but circa 1915. A clean and bright copy