Rubáiyát of Omár Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald.
[Budapest]: [S.n., privately published], [1922]. First edition in this form. Limited, numbered in ink (1 of 500). In publisher’s wrappers, covered with illustrated parchment paper. Each page with arabesque illustration printed in red and yellow. With printed calligraphic text in English. With the original portfolio. (28) p. In fine condition. The portfolio is worn,
With eighteen quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, in Edward FitzGerald’s (1809–1883) English translation. The text is imitating the Islamic calligraphy style. The booklet was entirely designed, drawn and calligraphed by Margit Galambos, the Hungarian graphic artist, and painter.
Price: €700.00
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