BAYNTUN, binders. GILBERT JAMES illustrator. OMAR KHAYYAM [EDWARD FITZGERALD, translator ]. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám... With Twelve Hand-colored Plates after Drawings by Gilbert James London: George Routledge, New York, E.P. Dutton, n.d. 8vo, purple morocco, elaborately gilt, covers with double gilt fillets, upper cover with two broad border panels decorated with climbing vine decoration in onlaid green and purple morocco on a ground of gold, gilt-lettered panels at head and foot, large central panel decorated with a picture of a standing female with flowers executed in morocco onlays in five colors, lower cover with gilt panel, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt lettered in one compartment, others with vine decorated in similar style as cover, spine evenly faded to red; silk doublures and silk linings.
BAYNTUN, binders. GILBERT JAMES illustrator. OMAR KHAYYAM [EDWARD FITZGERALD, translator ]. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám... With Twelve Hand-colored Plates after Drawings by Gilbert James London: George Routledge, New York, E.P. Dutton, n.d. 8vo, purple morocco, elaborately gilt, covers with double gilt fillets, upper cover with two broad border panels decorated with climbing vine decoration in onlaid green and purple morocco on a ground of gold, gilt-lettered panels at head and foot, large central panel decorated with a picture of a standing female with flowers executed in morocco onlays in five colors, lower cover with gilt panel, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt lettered in one compartment, others with vine decorated in similar style as cover, spine evenly faded to red; silk doublures and silk linings.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
