[KHAYYAM, OMAR]. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Fifth and First Versions, with Illustrations by Georges Popoff. Stockholm: Jan Förlag, 1948.
FIRST EDITION THUS; leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (23 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm), pp. 107. English text translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Beautifully bound in publisher's original half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, half-title, title-page in red and black with vignette. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Georges Popoff with 9 full-page colour plates and several in text b&w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers very well-preserved. Interior with some light browning to title-page, else clean and without previous ownership markings. A beautiful and scarce edition.
Notes: First edition illustrated by Georges Popoff. This copy presented in a wonderful half leather binding.
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