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Rivière & Son, Binders — Omar Khayyam — Gilbert James, illus.
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Robert Rivière & Son, Ltd., 1928
8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in.; 204 x 134 mm). Title printed in blue and black, 12 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. Contemporary blue morocco, inlaid colored calf portrait of the nude Eve beneath an apple bower with the Snake looking on upon a green morocco ground, encircled by a grape and leaf border of inlaid green and brown morocco with gilt outlines, an outer frame of two double-fillets with a quotation from stanza 58: "Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake, For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man, Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give—and take!", repeated on a simpler lower cover with a central panel of a grape leaf, edges gilt, dentelles, marbled endpaper and pastedowns, signed in gilt by Rivière & Son; slight rubbing on extremities.
8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in.; 204 x 134 mm). Title printed in blue and black, 12 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. Contemporary blue morocco, inlaid colored calf portrait of the nude Eve beneath an apple bower with the Snake looking on upon a green morocco ground, encircled by a grape and leaf border of inlaid green and brown morocco with gilt outlines, an outer frame of two double-fillets with a quotation from stanza 58: "Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake, For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man, Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give—and take!", repeated on a simpler lower cover with a central panel of a grape leaf, edges gilt, dentelles, marbled endpaper and pastedowns, signed in gilt by Rivière & Son; slight rubbing on extremities.
Condition
slight rubbing on extremities.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A copy of extraordinary beauty.