Accession number
PML 15319
Creator
Omar Khayyām.
Published
London : Bernard Quaritch, 1859.
Credit line
Purchased with the Bentham collection, 1911.
Notes
"Facsimile of the first ed. of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
"G. Norman, printer, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London." -- verso of t.p.
Laid in is a copy of a portion of a letter from Swinburne to C.K. Shorter, dated 4 March 1896, saying that he had been introduced to "Omar" by Rossetti. The original of this letter, Lang 1680, is now in the University of Texas.
"G. Norman, printer, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London." -- verso of t.p.
Laid in is a copy of a portion of a letter from Swinburne to C.K. Shorter, dated 4 March 1896, saying that he had been introduced to "Omar" by Rossetti. The original of this letter, Lang 1680, is now in the University of Texas.
Description
xiii, 21 p. ; 21 cm (in 18 cm case)
Provenance
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's copy with his autograph (scored through) on blank flyleaf and "from Whitley Stokes July 10 '61"; also that of James Hutton. Autograph of George Bentham on t.p.; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Original gray-tan wrappers; front cover printed in black from title page setting; in a half red leather box.
Classification
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