Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. 1904. 59 double pages. Title page text surrounded by decorative border. Decorative woodcut headings with running head title; illustrations printed on each side of text. Short sketch of the translator, Edward Fitzgerald, at front. Part of the Ellen Terry miniature series. 35 x 55 mm. Original green morocco; front cover with elaborate gilt decoration and Arabic script; spine with 'Omar Khayyam' in gilt with dense gilt decoration above and below. A very good copy of a volume that is more often seen in a poor state due to its fargile binding. In 1859 Fitzgerald published these translated verses from the Persian Astronomer Poet's Farsi twelfth century original. Spielmann, 395. Bondy, 106. Welsh, 5353. OCLC, 5427892. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (national Library of Scotland and Iowa University). Bondy, 106. Spielmann, 395. Welsh, 5353. Garbett, 18, 40. News-Letters of the LXIVMOS, No. 16, p. 5. OCLC, 5427892. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (national Library of Scotland and Iowa University). #5596