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41 - Folio Society: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | The Astronomer Poet of Persia | Trans...

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Folio Society: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | The Astronomer Poet of Persia | Translated into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald] | Niroot Puttapipat Illustrated Edition [Signed]. Published by Published by The Folio Society, London First Edition, 2009. hard back binding in publisher's original quarter vellum, spine blocked in 22-carat gold, vellum tips, front board blocked in three shades of foil with a design by Niroot Puttapipat, Merida Persian blue paper sides, top edge gilt, wide navy ribbon marker. Folio Society facsimile limited to 1,000 numbered copies, limitation page and end sheets printed letterpress by the Logan Press. Hand written number 182 of 1000 Limited Edition copies with a new etching hand-printed, SIGNED and numbered by the artist 'Niroot Puttapipat' Clamshelled

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