Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by [FINE BINDING]. KHAYYAM, OMAR. FITZGERALD, EDWARD
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1905. 1905. Hardcover. Fine. 1905 edition of The Rubaiyat; MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY RAMAGE. The elaborate contemporary binding by Ramage features dark green morocco inlaid in a Padeloup-style mosaic pattern, covers bordered with thin decorative and plain gilt rules, the rest of the boards entirely covered with inlaid diapering featuring rows of pale yellow lozenges tooled with gilt fleurons, these flanked on all four sides with inlaid navy circles, the green morocco tooled with curving gilt lines attached to the dots. Spine compartments with similar inlaid pale yellow lozenges tooled in gilt and title in gilt, pastedowns framed by dark green morocco inlaid with pale yellow circles at the corners and with gilt floral tooling; cream-colored watered silk endleaves.
Born in London in the mid 19th century, John Ramage worked with the distinguished Marcellin Lortic after serving an apprenticeship with John Wright. Ramage later opened his own shop in London where his bindings were celebrated for their remarkably delicate, careful, and elaborate gilt work.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. Small octavo (4 1/8" x 6 1/8"), full morocco gilt by Romage, all edges gilt. Faint evidence of owner stamp on verso of front free endpaper, tiny chip to top of the spine. An outstanding binding, extremely well-preserved.
Born in London in the mid 19th century, John Ramage worked with the distinguished Marcellin Lortic after serving an apprenticeship with John Wright. Ramage later opened his own shop in London where his bindings were celebrated for their remarkably delicate, careful, and elaborate gilt work.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. Small octavo (4 1/8" x 6 1/8"), full morocco gilt by Romage, all edges gilt. Faint evidence of owner stamp on verso of front free endpaper, tiny chip to top of the spine. An outstanding binding, extremely well-preserved.
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- Bookseller
- The Manhattan Rare Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- [FINE BINDING]. KHAYYAM, OMAR. FITZGERALD, EDWARD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1905
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- poetry1,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.