RUBAIYAT POEME D'OMAR KHAYYAM
Traduction Francaise de M. Robert Delpeuch d'apres la version de Edward Fitzgerald
[With Twelve Illustrations by ABANINDRO NATH TAGORE]
LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES
Edition du "Studio"
Published byLIBRAIRIE P. OLLENDORFF, Paris
1910
The earliest version of the great Persian classic interpreted by an Indian artist - the great Bengal painter Abanindranath Tagore. This French version, much rarer than the English one, does not carry Tagore's name but the English version issued by the Studio from London in the same year in the same format carried his name. As one can make out, the paintings are by the great Bengal School master.
Complete set of 12 colour plates tipped in on thickcardboard sheets with tissue guards as issued, each print set within grey borders printed on the board.
With 16-page string-tied booklet (carrying the 75 quatrains in the first edition of Edward Fitzgerald's version published in 1859), translatedinto French by M. Robert Delpeuch. Booklet printed in London.
The set of prints contained in original fold-over portfolio.
Size of prints: 7.5 x 5.25 inches
Size of cardboard mounts: 12 x 9.5 inches
Size of portfolio: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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