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RARE illustrated edition of Omar Khayyam`s rubaiyat neatly rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Contains 12 high-quality mounted illustrations by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), the renowned French book illustrator. 298x230mm. Unpaginated 72 pages & 12 color plates with transparent protective sheets). Green cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover edges and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly wrinkled. Spine edges and corners bumped and rubbed. Second whitepage and title page age-stained. One of the protective sheets taped. Some pages bottom corner bumped/wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare beautifully illustrated copy of the quatrains by the celebrated 11th century Persian polymath, scientist, philosopher, and poet, is otherwise in good condition.