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Lot 98

Sale 5180 - Books and Manuscripts
Jul 25, 2023 7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$600 - 900
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$4,410
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[Fine Bindings] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited/New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. 8vo. (iv), 112 pp. Full contemporary vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath, finely hand-painted by him in blue, green, red, and orange, heightened and decorated in gilt, with mother of pearl in-lays; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; handmade marbled endpapers.

A fine hand-painted and highly decorative binding by English bookbinder Cedric Chivers.

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