[KHAYYÁM, OMAR]. Rubáiyát. London: Macmillan and Co., 1909.
REPRINT OF THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES. Leather-bound; hardcover; small octavo (15.5 x 10 x 1.5 cm); pp. [6], 111. Translated into English verse by Edward FitzGerald. Stunningly bound in contemporary full crimson crushed morocco (undoubtedly by Ramage although the binding remains unsigned) with gilt-rolled borders enclosing a broad frame of antelope morocco with gilt-ornamented black morocco plait-work devices against a background of tiny gilt tools, within which is a gilt-bordered crimson field with gilt foliate corner-pieces. The spine compartments reiterating the gilt frame design. Broad turn-ins with gilt rosettes, dots, and fleurons frame cream moire silk doublers, the free endpapers in matching cream moire silk. All page edges gilt. Half-title. Title-page printed in red and black. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Condition: FINE. A spectacular and immaculate copy. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.
