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[BINDING]. FITZGERALD, Edward, translator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [1910]. 12mo. Numerous photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. Period full blue levant with a central image of a woman pouring out a bottle of wine in numerous inlays of orange, brown and burgundy moroccos, flanked by a border of grape vines inlaid with plum and olive moroccos on a gilt pointillé background, lily cornerpieces gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, more grape vines with morocco inlays on a gilt pointillé background in 5 compartments, gilt–lettering in remainder, all edges gilt, morocco turn–ins with gilt fillets and cornerpieces, watered silk doublure and free endpapers, gilt stamp–signed by Bayntun (front hinge recased, head a bit chipped, few small dampstains to lower cover). Provenance: Samuel Clement Burchell, Jr. (bookplate); gift inscription dated 1934. Small Photogravure Edition in AN EXQUISITE BINDING. According to Potter, Routledge published an Omar in 1904 as part of the “Photogravure Series” (with uncolored plates); however, a deluxe version of 250 special copies with “hand-coloured plates and choice binding, by Geo. Bayntun, of Bath”, issued in the same year (or perhaps later). This edition was immensely popular, going through several editions involving at least 18,000 copies by 1912. Potter 85.