The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam; A Variorum Edition Of Edward Fitzgerald's Rendering Into English Verse Edited by Frederick H. Evans

London: Privately Printed (Temple Sheen Press), 1914. leather_bound. Full red morocco, front covers in geometric and floral designs. Teg. Fine. 109 pages. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 hand-printed by Arthur K. Sabin on Batchelor hand-made paper. Made with the idea of giving, for the first time collectively, each Stanza in the full text of each of its versions, as given in the four editions (1859 - 1868 - 1872 - 1879) that contain any differences in text. Temple Sheen Press produced high quality fine press books issued in wrappers. Bound by Morley Brothers of Oxford, wide text margins, inner gilt decorated dentelles, marbled endpapers, (truncated) raised bands, spine panels in gilt floral motifs. (Inventory #: 21994)