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Title page of the Leopold B. Hill Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám illustrated by Abanindranath Tagore
01 · Title page · Leopold B. Hill, London
Original gilt leather binding of the Tagore-illustrated Rubáiyát
02 · Original gilt leather binding
Spine of the Tagore-illustrated Rubáiyát
03 · Spine
Statement identifying the text as Edward FitzGerald's first edition version of the Rubáiyát
04 · Text statement · FitzGerald’s 1859 first-edition version
Mounted colour plate after Abanindranath Tagore in the Rubáiyát
05 · Mounted colour plate after Abanindranath Tagore
Open spread with verse and a mounted colour plate after Abanindranath Tagore
06 · Verse and mounted colour plate

Undated · Leopold B. Hill illustrated edition · Circa 1910s–1920s

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Edward FitzGerald · Illustrated by Abanindranath Tagore

The scarce Leopold B. Hill book edition of FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát, with seven mounted colour plates after Abanindranath Tagore.

An important meeting of FitzGerald’s celebrated English text with the visual imagination of the Bengal School.

Publication
London
Language
English
Format
Octavo · 64 pages · Seven mounted colour plates
Completeness
Complete. All pages and all seven plates are present.
Condition
Very good from the supplied images; refer to the detailed book note.
Provenance
Provenance details available on request.
Rarity
A collectible illustrated Tagore edition. Its non-exportable status in India contributes to its rarity in the international market.
Status
Available
Price
USD 2,250
PoetryPersian LiteratureIndian Art
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