- 175
Omar Khayyam
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- A collection of over 300 editions, translations and works relating to the Rubaiyat, many from the library of the Rubaiyat bibliographer and collector Ambrose G. Potter.
- printed
Rubaiyat--MANUSCRIPT IN PERSIAN on paper, small 4to, 2 parts on 122 double page sheets (56+66), note in pencil at the end states "This MS was copied by request of Mr Potter according to an old MS of Shiraz... copied by Mirza Muhammad Shirazi bin Mohammad Hajj Husein in 1346AH - 1927AD, an ink note by Potter on a separate sheet states 'Believed to belong to the old Mulla Firza library and the property of the great Persian scholar of the same name Dashie Mullaferge,' preserved in a morocco-backed clamshell cloth box
Rubaiyat. First American from the third London edition. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1878, 8vo, INSCRIBED TO A.G. POTTER BY H.M. SCHROETER, original green cloth gilt
The Rubaiyat. New Orleans, 1880, 8vo, PRIVATELY PRINTED, NUMBER 3 OF SIX COPIES PRINTED, original printed wrappers, loose in contemporary vellum boards, boards dust-soiled
Rubaiyat.. with drawings by Elihu Vedder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., and London: Bernard Quaritch, [c.1884], folio, publisher's brown pictorial cloth gilt, spotted, rubbed
Rubaiyat. New York: Grolier Club, 1885, 8vo, NUMBER 9 OF 150 COPIES, original wrappers, spine worn
The dialogue of the Gulshan-i-raz... with selections from the Rubaiyat. London: Trübner & Co., 1887, 8vo, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR, original green cloth
[Rubaiyat] [Boston, 1894], small 4to, Fitzgerald's third version, issued without a title-page, INSCRIBED "With best wishes from BERNARD QUARITCH [the original publisher of Fitzgerald's translation]", slightly later green morocco-backed patterned boards, original grey wrappers with printed paper label bound in
Rubaiyat. San Francisco: Dodge Book and Stationary Co., (1896), 4to, NUMBER 5 OF 5 COPIES PRINTED, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, contemporary half calf, [bookplates of HERMAN M. SCHROETER and W. Gordon Palmer], slightly rubbed
Rubaiyat... a paraphrase... by Richard Le Galliene. London: Grant Richards, 1897, tall 8vo, NUMBER 15 OF 25 COPIES OF AN EDITION OF 30, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, publisher's printed boards, rubbed
The Rubaiyat... rendered into Hebrew by Naphtali Herz Imber. New York, [1905], 8vo, FIRST HEBREW EDITION, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, PRESENTED TO A.G. POTTER BY H.M. SCHROETER, crushed morocco by Peter McLeish, original wrappers bound in
The Rubaiyat. London: G. Harrap, [1909], 4to, INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST "To Roger Ingpen Esq. from his old friend Willy Pogany", publisher's reversed calf gilt, gilt edges, rubbed
Conforto dale quartine del Persiano Omar Khayyam. Turin: E. Celanza, 1914, folio, NUMBER 5 OF 12 HAND-COLOURED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND ARTIST, the plates by Alfonso Bosco in various states coloured and plain, original morocco-backed patterned boards
Rubaiyat... with twelve illustrations by Blanche McManus. London: De la More Press, 1920, 8vo, NUMBER 7 OF 21 PRINTED ON VELLUM, publisher's limp vellum, lacking ties, binding bowed
Rubaiyat. Munich: Müncher Drucke, 1923, 4to, NUMBER 3 OF 10 HAND-BOUND COPIES IN COLOURED PARCHMENT, original green coloured parchment boards, slipcase
Rubaiyat. Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, folio, NUMBER 157 OF 270 OF AN EDITION OF 300, illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, publisher's cream morocco-backed buckram, binding slightly marked
Rubaiyat. Golden Cockerel Press, 1958, folio, NUMBER 13 OF 75 SPECIALLY BOUND WITH AN EXTRA SET OF THE PLATES AND TWO NOT PRINTED IN THE BOOK, illustrations by J. Yunge-Bateman, original red crushed morocco gilt, slipcase
Together with over 290 other volumes similar, many illustrated (in total approximately 306 volumes)
Rubaiyat. First American from the third London edition. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1878, 8vo, INSCRIBED TO A.G. POTTER BY H.M. SCHROETER, original green cloth gilt
The Rubaiyat. New Orleans, 1880, 8vo, PRIVATELY PRINTED, NUMBER 3 OF SIX COPIES PRINTED, original printed wrappers, loose in contemporary vellum boards, boards dust-soiled
Rubaiyat.. with drawings by Elihu Vedder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., and London: Bernard Quaritch, [c.1884], folio, publisher's brown pictorial cloth gilt, spotted, rubbed
Rubaiyat. New York: Grolier Club, 1885, 8vo, NUMBER 9 OF 150 COPIES, original wrappers, spine worn
The dialogue of the Gulshan-i-raz... with selections from the Rubaiyat. London: Trübner & Co., 1887, 8vo, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR, original green cloth
[Rubaiyat] [Boston, 1894], small 4to, Fitzgerald's third version, issued without a title-page, INSCRIBED "With best wishes from BERNARD QUARITCH [the original publisher of Fitzgerald's translation]", slightly later green morocco-backed patterned boards, original grey wrappers with printed paper label bound in
Rubaiyat. San Francisco: Dodge Book and Stationary Co., (1896), 4to, NUMBER 5 OF 5 COPIES PRINTED, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, contemporary half calf, [bookplates of HERMAN M. SCHROETER and W. Gordon Palmer], slightly rubbed
Rubaiyat... a paraphrase... by Richard Le Galliene. London: Grant Richards, 1897, tall 8vo, NUMBER 15 OF 25 COPIES OF AN EDITION OF 30, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, publisher's printed boards, rubbed
The Rubaiyat... rendered into Hebrew by Naphtali Herz Imber. New York, [1905], 8vo, FIRST HEBREW EDITION, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, PRESENTED TO A.G. POTTER BY H.M. SCHROETER, crushed morocco by Peter McLeish, original wrappers bound in
The Rubaiyat. London: G. Harrap, [1909], 4to, INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST "To Roger Ingpen Esq. from his old friend Willy Pogany", publisher's reversed calf gilt, gilt edges, rubbed
Conforto dale quartine del Persiano Omar Khayyam. Turin: E. Celanza, 1914, folio, NUMBER 5 OF 12 HAND-COLOURED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND ARTIST, the plates by Alfonso Bosco in various states coloured and plain, original morocco-backed patterned boards
Rubaiyat... with twelve illustrations by Blanche McManus. London: De la More Press, 1920, 8vo, NUMBER 7 OF 21 PRINTED ON VELLUM, publisher's limp vellum, lacking ties, binding bowed
Rubaiyat. Munich: Müncher Drucke, 1923, 4to, NUMBER 3 OF 10 HAND-BOUND COPIES IN COLOURED PARCHMENT, original green coloured parchment boards, slipcase
Rubaiyat. Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, folio, NUMBER 157 OF 270 OF AN EDITION OF 300, illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, publisher's cream morocco-backed buckram, binding slightly marked
Rubaiyat. Golden Cockerel Press, 1958, folio, NUMBER 13 OF 75 SPECIALLY BOUND WITH AN EXTRA SET OF THE PLATES AND TWO NOT PRINTED IN THE BOOK, illustrations by J. Yunge-Bateman, original red crushed morocco gilt, slipcase
Together with over 290 other volumes similar, many illustrated (in total approximately 306 volumes)
Provenance
This lot includes books purchased from the collection of Rubaiyats sold in these rooms on 26 October 1982, comprising lots 755, 757, 760, 761, 763, 765, 766, 773, 777, 778, 780, 781 and 782
Literature
cf. Potter, A.G. A bibliography of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London, 1929
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
An impressive collection containing rare limited or illustrated editions, and translations (including French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Welsh, Icelandic, Japanese, Greek, Tamil, Irish, and Hindi), some including notes or letters by Ambrose G. Potter, and/or his bookplate. Many of Potter's copies were gifts from H.M. Schroeter of Los Angeles who in 1908 announced his desire to publish a bibliography of the Rubaiyat, and which led Potter and Schroeter "to an exchange of Omariana... which continued till 1914, when H.M. Schroeter abandoned his intention to publish, and generously presented me with the manuscript material he had prepared." (foreward to Potter's Bibliography)