RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND THE SALAMAN AND ABSAL OF JAMI 1879 ZAEHNSDORF BINDING

[KHAYYAM, OMAR; JAMI]. Rubaiyat; and the Salaman and Absal. London: Bernard Quartich, 1879.

FOURTH EDITION. Two works in one; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (17.5 x 13 x 1.5 cm); pp. [6], xv, [1], 112. English text, translated and edited by Edward Fitzgerald. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full marbled calf, smooth spine with red morocco lettering-piece with gilt titles; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers; half-titles; illustrated frontispiece. With a life of Omar Khayyam, notes, notice of Jami's Life, meaning of the story, and agenda at the end. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the joints very lightly rubbed. Contents mostly fresh and clean. Neat inscription to half-title page. John Theodore Merz's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. 

Notes: A stunning signed binding - this being the fourth and last edition of Fitzgerald's translation published during his lifetime and with his final edit.